Cluster of resistant tuberculosis pathogen discovered

(University of Zurich) Between February and Nov. 2016, the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich discovered a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in eight refugees arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa. The analyses provided an impulse for launching a transnational investigation and developing a pan-European alerting system.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news