Last updated on 22-12-2021 by Vanessa Mathys
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Miguel Martínez-Lirola; Rana Jajou; Vanessa Mathys; Martin, Anandi; Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe; Ana Valera; Pedro J Sola-Campoy; Estefanía Abascal; Sandra Rodríguez-Maus; Jose Antonio Garrido-Cárdenas; Magdalena Bonillo; Álvaro Chiner-Oms; Begoña López; Silvia Vallejo-Godoy; Iñaki Comas; Patricia Muñoz; Daniela Maria Cirillo; Dick van Soolingen; Laura Pérez-Lago; Darío García de ViedmaTrefwoorden
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BACKGROUND: Growing international migration has increased the complexity of tuberculosis transmission patterns. Italy’s decision to close its borders in 2018 made of Spain the new European porte entrée for migration from the Horn of Africa (HA). In one of the first rescues of migrants from this region at the end of 2018, tuberculosis was diagnosed in eight subjects, mainly unaccompanied minors.
METHODS: Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from these recently arrived migrants were analysed by Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit/Variable-Number of Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) and subse…