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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2026

Public transport: the missing link in tuberculosis control in Somalia.

Mohamed Abdulkadir Hussein, Ilyas Abdullahi Khalif, Saida Abdirzak Mohamed, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Mohamed Abdulkadir HusseinFaculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Ilyas Abdullahi KhalifFaculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Saida Abdirzak MohamedFaculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Sharmake Gaiye BashirFaculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Ahmed Abdinasir AbdulleFaculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in Somalia, where conflict, displacement, delayed diagnosis, and fragile healthcare systems sustain ongoing transmission. While existing TB control efforts largely emphasize household and healthcare-associated exposure, the role of overcrowded public transport systems has received limited attention. In rapidly urbanizing Somali cities, particularly Mogadishu, minibuses and shared taxis represent enclosed, poorly ventilated, high-turnover environments that may facilitate airborne transmission of

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Airborne transmissionPublic transportSomaliaTuberculosis

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PMID42495708
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