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Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.

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Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.

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Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.

This Personal View examines individual heterogeneity in M tuberculosis infectiousness and secondary transmission and focuses specifically on M tuberculosis superspreading, ie, the observation that most secondary M tuberculosis infections and tuberculosis clinical cases are attributable to transmission from a relatively small number of individuals. Reviewing both historical and contemporary data, we argue that superspreading is not only an important, ubiquitous feature of tuberculosis epidemiology, but also represents a potential opportunity for disruptive, strategic interventions with potentially outsized impacts on M tuberculosis transmission. Ultimately, future progress towards tuberculosis elimination is contingent on our ability to interrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission between individuals who are infectious and their susceptible contacts.

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Europe advances genomic surveillance of CCRE with landmark multi-country study

A major European survey marks a significant milestone in the effort to control antimicrobial resistance (AMR), providing the most comprehensive genomic picture to date of carbapenem- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacterales (CCRE) across hospitals in Europe.

ECDC NewsOfficialOfficial agencyLiveEurope2026-05-13T13:00+02:00Source-link only
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Primary sternocostal tuberculosis in a young healthcare worker: a case report.

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis occurs in 15% to 20% of immunocompetent patients with tuberculosis and in 50% of immunocompromised patients. Our report describes a 34-year-old healthcare worker with a painless mass in the right sternocostal joint. A biopsy report indicated caseous necrosis and the absence of epithelioid cells.

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2026-05-07T04:00:572 item(s)2 source(s)
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2026-05-08T07:19:563 item(s)2 source(s)
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  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-08T07:26:533 item(s)2 source(s)
  • PubMed Infectious Disease Search now foregrounds vaccination or vaccine policy in the story.
  • Story volume increased from 2 to 3 clustered item(s) in the current window.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-08T08:01:033 item(s)2 source(s)
  • PubMed Infectious Disease Search now foregrounds vaccination or vaccine policy in the story.
  • Story volume increased from 2 to 3 clustered item(s) in the current window.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-08T16:07:273 item(s)3 source(s)
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2026-05-08T16:26:423 item(s)3 source(s)
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2026-05-08T17:01:503 item(s)3 source(s)
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2026-05-08T22:34:543 item(s)3 source(s)
  • New publisher/source coverage joined this story cluster: Sudan Tribune.
  • Story volume increased from 2 to 3 clustered item(s) in the current window.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-08T22:36:543 item(s)3 source(s)
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2026-05-08T23:01:433 item(s)3 source(s)
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2026-05-13T04:31:212 item(s)1 source(s)
  • The lead item has changed to Europe advances genomic surveillance of CCRE with landmark multi-country study from ECDC News.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-14T05:10:242 item(s)2 source(s)
  • New official source(s) joined this story cluster: PubMed Historical Pathogen Case Studies.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.
2026-05-18T00:57:443 item(s)2 source(s)
  • The lead item has changed to Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission. from PubMed Historical Pathogen Case Studies.
  • Story volume increased from 2 to 3 clustered item(s) in the current window.
  • 1 newly observed linked item(s) were added since the last saved snapshot.