Extensive endemic transmission of multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bhutan: A retrospective genomic-epidemiological study
Thinley Dorji, Karchung Tshering, Lila Adhikari, Thinley Jamtsho, Pavitra Bhujel, Pema Lhaden, Sonam Wangchuk, Wytamma Wirth, Kristy Horan, J. V. Denholm, Norelle L. Sherry, Michelle L. Sait, Timothy Paul Stinear, Benjamin P. Howden, Patiyan Andersson
This study uses genomic data to show that most multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Bhutan comes from local transmission, forming a large, recent endemic cluster.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases · Dec 26, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics