Insights into transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Nepal

• Published in: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Main Authors: Yogendra Shah, Sarad Paudel, Kishor Pandey, Govind Prasad Gupta, Eddie Samuneti Solo, Jagadish Joshi, Dhan Kumar Pant, Basu Dev Pandey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Tuberculosis; Zoonotic tuberculosis; Multi-drug resistance; One health; Nepal; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00400-z; https://doaj.org/article/61d54691071f48f6ab290b0470bcbe2e

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in humans and animals. Numbers of multi drug resistance TB (MDR-TB), extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) and zoonotic TB cases are increasingly being reported every year in Nepal posing a major public health problem. Therefore, the Government of Nepal should act immediately to strengthen the screening facilities across the country to be able to identify and treat the TB infected patients as well as detect zoonotic TB in animal species. Endorsement of One Health Act by the Government of Nepal is an opportunity to initiate the joint programs for TB surveillance among human and animal species using one health approach to reduce the TB burden in Nepal.