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[Epidemiological study of tuberculosis in the area of Angers, France, as studied by 3 PCR-based fingerprinting methods].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 2003
Sola C, Filliol I, Maïsetti J, Carbonnelle B, Rastogi N
Abstract excerpt
The new genotyping methods efficiently complement classical epidemiological investigation in order to attempt a global approach to TB control. In the present work, we have studied the genomic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated during the year 1998 within the district of Angers, France (260,000 inhabitants distributed in 29 districts), in order to identify recent transmission events and any related...
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