Lineage-specific transmission and spatial clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2019-23: a population-based genomic study.

Journal:

The Lancet. Microbe, Volume: 7, Issue: 9

Published:

September 2, 2026

PMID:

42392122

Authors:

Chieh-Yin Wu CY, Ying-An Chen YA, Thomas R Ioerger TR, Yu Lan Y, Ruo-Ya Bai RY, Mo-Hua Li MH, Chen-Hsiang Lee CH, Jiun-Nong Lin JN, Susan Shin-Jung Lee S, Shun-Tien Chien ST, Joshua L Warren JL, Caroline Colijn C, Hsiao-Han Chang HH, Joh-Jong Huang JJ, Ted Cohen T, Po-Liang Lu PL, Hsien-Ho Lin HH

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DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101369

PMID: 42392122

Abstract:

The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Taiwan has been influenced by the introduction of multiple Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and by the ageing of the population. We conducted a population-based study to investigate M tuberculosis transmission in Kaohsiung, a city in southern Taiwan.

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