Tuberculosis attributed to transmission within healthcare facilities, Botswana—The Kopanyo Study
Smith JP, Modongo C, Moonan PK, Dima M, Matsiri O, Fane O, Click ES, Boyd R, Finlay A, Surie D, Tobias JL, Zetola NM, Oeltmann JE. Tuberculosis attributed to transmission within healthcare facilities, Botswana—The Kopanyo Study. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1603-1609. PMID: 35382909, PMCID: PMC9535034, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical recordsHealthcare facilitiesPopulation-based molecular epidemiologic studyMolecular epidemiologic studiesTB casesTB diagnosisTB transmissionTB epidemicMedical recordsTuberculosis diseaseBiologic plausibilityHealthcare workersIndividual patientsEpidemiologic studiesGeneral populationCommunity transmissionEtiologic agentTreatment dataClinical encountersPatientsEffective interventionsIndividual riskEMR dataTransmission eventsHigh-risk environments