Genetic diversity and risk factors for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance across human, animals and environmental compartments in East Africa: a review

Z. Katale, Bugwesa; Misinzo, Gerald; E. Mshana, Stephen; Chiyangi, Harriet; Campino, Susana; G. Clark, Taane; Good, Liam; M. Rweyemamu, Mark; Matee, Mecky

doi:10.1186/s13756-020-00786-7

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Genetic diversity and risk factors for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance across human, animals and environmental compartments in East Africa: a review

Published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control • Aug 6, 2020

Authors:

Bugwesa Z. Katale

Gerald Misinzo

Stephen E. Mshana

Abstract

Abstract Background The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) present a challenge to disease control in East Africa. Resistance to beta-lactams, which are by far the most used antibiotics worldwide and include the penicillins, cephalosporins, monobactams and carbapenems, is reducing...

Subject

Antibiotic resistance

Transmission (telecommunications)

Drug resistance

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