Molecular epidemiology_Eswatini

Clara Fappani (0000-0002-1573-5531)1,2, Bongani Alex Nhleko3, Paola Angelone (0009-0006-7988-9309)4, Simone Villa (0000-0002-0753-8853)5, Antonella Amendola (0000-0002-0499-8977)1,2, Mulubirhan Assefa Alemayohu (0000-0001-8370-019X)6, Sante Leandro Baldi (0009-0001-3737-6058)4, Silvia Bianchi (0000-0002-1365-9408)1,2, Gcinile Buthelezi (0000-0002-0669-3130)7, Chiara Casadio1, Daniela Colzani (0000-0002-4079-1957)1,2, Xolisile Dlamini (0009-0009-2790-5495)7, Maria Gori (0000-0001-6478-2791)1,2, Gugu Maphalala (0000-0002-3635-8405)7, Maria Cristina Monti (0000-0003-1586-527X)6, Tengetile Motsa3, Nicole Rose Nieman3, Mzamo Nkosinathi Sikhondze3, Lucia Tieghi (0009-0007-5171-2568)1, Camilla Torriani (0009-0006-5879-6795)6, Velaphi Msibi3, Mario Carlo Battista Raviglione (0000-0002-9331-2067)#,4, Elisabetta Tanzi (0000-0002-4119-701X)#,1,2 #These authors are joint senior authors Authors from the sixth position to the senior authors contributed equally to this work and are listed in alphabetical order by surname. Affiliations 1 Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 2 Coordinate Research Centre Epidemiology and Molecular Surveillance of Infections (EpiSoMI), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 3 Cabrini Ministries eSwatini, Eswatini 4 Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 5 Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy 6 Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 7 Ministry of Health, Eswatini Government, Mbabane, Eswatini