BEAUTY MAKAMURE, DAN WARD, TSİTSİ BANDASON, MARTHA CHİPİNDURO, COLLİNS TİMİRE, STEPHEN STEPHEN, FORGET MAKOGA, ISABEL MASHİTA, SHUNGU MUNYATİ, PASİPANODYA NZİRAMASANGA, JUNİOR MUTSVANGWA, JOHN Z METCALFE, JODY PHELAN, JUSTEN MANASA
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 2025;15(3):77-87
Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a major public health issue in Zimbabwe. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is recommended for studying drug-resistant mutations, lineages, prevalence, and transmission patterns. However, there are limited data on drug-resistant conferring mutations and WGS use in Zimbabwe.