| Autor: |
Matúš Dohál, Věra Dvořáková, Miluše Šperková, Martina Pinková, Arash Ghodousi, Maryam Omrani, Igor Porvazník, Erik Michael Rasmussen, Mária Škereňová, Michaela Krivošová, Jiří Wallenfels, Olha Konstantynovska, Timothy M. Walker, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Ivan Solovič, Juraj Mokrý |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 35-44 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2210-6014 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s44197-023-00166-5 |
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Abstract Background The war in Ukraine has led to significant migration to neighboring countries, raising public health concerns. Notable tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates in Ukraine emphasize the immediate requirement to prioritize approaches that interrupt the spread and prevent new infections. Methods We conducted a prospective genomic surveillance study to assess migration's impact on TB epidemiology in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Ukrainian war refugees and migrants, collected from September 2021 to December 2022 were analyzed alongside 1574 isolates obtained from Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Results Our study revealed alarming results, with historically the highest number of Ukrainian tuberculosis patients detected in the host countries. The increasing number of cases of multidrug-resistant TB, significantly linked with Beijing lineage 2.2.1 (p |
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