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Consolidation of a Genomic Epidemiological Surveillance Network for Tuberculosis (REVIGET) in Northern and Northeastern Brazil: A Study Protocol
May 2025 • Emilyn Costa Conceição, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Cristiane Cunha Frota, Theolis Barbosa, Adriana Lúcia Pires Ferreira, Abhinav Sharma, Davi Josué …
Abstract Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains a top cause of death from infectious diseases, with an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually. Given its substantial social and economic burden, TB is a priority in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The WHO’s End TB Strategy emphasises research, innovation, and the rapid implementation of new technologies such as whole genome sequencing (WGS), which are pivotal for precision health approaches and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) surveillance. This stud…