Cross-Border Movement of Highly Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Papua New Guinea to Australia through Torres Strait Protected Zone, 2010–2015
Arnold Bainomugisa, Sushil Pandey, Ellen Donnan, Graham Simpson, J’Belle Foster, Evelyn Lavu, Stenard Hiasihri, Emma S. McBryde, Rendi Moke, Steven Vincent, Vitali Sintchenko, Ben J. Marais, Lachlan J.M. Coin, and Christopher Coulter
Author affiliations: Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (A. Bainomugisa, S. Pandey, C. Coulter); The University of Queensland, Brisbane (A. Bainomugisa, L.J.M. Coin); Queensland Department of Health, Brisbane (E. Donnan, C. Coulter); Cairns Tuberculosis Unit, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (G. Simpson, S. Vincent); James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (J. Foster, E.S. McBryde); Central Public Health Laboratory, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (E. Lavu); Western Province Health Office, Daru, Papua New Guinea (S. Hiasihri); Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby (R. Moke); Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (V. Sintchenko); The University of Sydney, Sydney (V. Sintchenko, B.J. Marais)
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Figure 2. Flow diagram of included Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Papua New Guinea citizens residing in Torres Strait Protected Zone, 2010–2015. *Isolates unable to grow or were contaminated. †Included were 4 additional isolates among Queensland residents that were a part of an epidemiologic cluster linked to the Torres Strait Protected Zone. TB, tuberculosis; WGS, whole-genome sequencing.
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