Exportation of MDR TB to Europe from Setting with Actively Transmitted Persistent Strains in Peru

Fermín Acosta , Juan Agapito , Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe , Tatiana Cáceres , Christophe Sola (1, 2, 3) , Laura Pérez-Lago , Estefanía Abascal , Marta Herranz (4) , Erika Meza , Bernice Klotoe , Patricia Muñoz , Gian María Rossolini , Alessandro Bartoloni , Enrico Tortoli , Daniela María Cirillo , Eduardo Gotuzzo (5) , Darío García De Viedma

1 IGEPE - Infection Génétique Evolution des Pathogènes Emergents
2 Dpt Microbio - Département Microbiologie
3 I2BC - Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule
4 Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas
5 IMT AvH - Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Alexander von Humboldt"

We performed a cross-border molecular epidemiology analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru, Spain, and Italy. This analysis revealed frequent transmission in Peru and exportation of a strain that recreated similar levels of transmission in Europe during 2007-2017. Transnational efforts are needed to control transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis globally.

Mots clés: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bacteria; Spain; Europe; tuberculosis; Italy; molecular epidemiology; transmission; antimicrobial resistance; exportation; Florence; Lima; Madrid; MDR; migration; MIRU-VNTR; mycobacterium; Peru; single-nucleotide polymorphism; spoligotype; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Fermín Acosta, Juan Agapito, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Tatiana Cáceres, Christophe Sola, et al.. Exportation of MDR TB to Europe from Setting with Actively Transmitted Persistent Strains in Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (3), pp.596--598. ⟨10.3201/eid2503.180574⟩. ⟨hal-02169468⟩