International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious DiseasesHumansLithuaniaWhole Genome SequencingMycobacterium tuberculosisRecurrence
Application of whole-genome sequencing for distinguishing relapse from reinfection in tuberculosis patients from Lithuania.
Laima Vasiliauskaitė, Alma Zinola, Federico Di Marco, Valerija Edita Davidavičienė, Birutė Nakčerienė, Agnė Vaitulionytė, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Tomas Kačergius
Published: 202610.1016/j.ijid.2025.108203
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis (TB) can reoccur even after successful treatment due to endogenous reactivation or exogenous reinfection. Understanding the aetiology of TB recurrence might prevent further transmission and development of resistance. Therefor…
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