Molecular, Spatial, and Field Epidemiology Suggesting TB Transmission in Community, Not Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana
- Diya Surie
- Othusitse Fane
- Alyssa Finlay
- Matsiri Ogopotse
- James L. Tobias
- Eleanor S. Click
- Chawangwa Modongo
- Nicola M. Zetola
- Patrick K. Moonan
- John E. Oeltmann
Publication date
March 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
During 2012–2015, 10 of 24 patients infected with matching genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis received care at the same hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Nosocomial transmission was initially suspected, but we discovered plausible sites of community transmission for 20 (95%) of 21 interviewed patients. Active case-finding at these sites could halt ongoing transmission
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