Spatial clustering and transmission networks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda : a national retrospective genomic and spatial epidemiological study

Source
BMJ open - ISSN 2044-6055-16:8 (2026) p.
Author(s)
    Isabel Cuella Martin, Francois Hakizayezu, Wim Mulders, Hosee Niyompano, Docteur Runyambo, Jelle Keysers, Willem B. De Rijk, Yves Habimana Mucyo, Patrick Migambi, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Conor J. Meehan, Bouke C. de Jong, Leen Rigouts, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Ellen Mitchell

Melting temperature signatures reveal occasional misclassification of low-level isoniazid resistance by Xpert MTB/XDR

Source
Microbiology spectrum - ISSN 2165-0497-14:9 (2026) p.
Author(s)
    Faridath Massou, Jelle Keysers, Herve Kpoton, Bouke C. de Jong, Philip Supply, Leen Rigouts, Dissou Affolabi

No phenotypic resistance observed for most group-3 and-4 variants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes related to bedaquiline, clofazimine, delamanid, and pretomanid in a Central and West African context

Source
Microbiology spectrum - ISSN 2165-0497-14:9 (2026) p.
Author(s)
    Faridath Massou, Klaas Dewaele, Anderson Gnamy, Ramata Balde, Wim Mulders, Conor J. Mehan, Bouke De Jong, Dissou Affolabi, Oren Tzfadia, Leen Rigouts

Whole genome sequencing precision medicine strategyto shorten treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (SMARTT) : a pragmatic, randomised, single-blind phase 4 trial

Source
The lancet respiratory medicine - ISSN 2213-2600-14:6 (2026) p. 521-532
Author(s)

Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates and pulmonary disease from respiratory tract samples in persons investigated for presumed tuberculosis from three West African countries, an analysis of three prospective cohort studies

Source
BMC infectious diseases - ISSN 1471-2334-26:1 (2026) p. 1-12
Author(s)
    Elizabeth Abbew, Souleymane Mahamadou Bassirou, Isiyaku Ahmadu, Juliana Boampomaa Adu, Roger Laryea, Rita Patricia Frimpong Amenyo, Felix Sorvor, Yaw Adusi Poku, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Tom Decroo, Lutgarde Lynen, Natalie Lorent, Leen Rigouts