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[Tuberculosis in children less than 11 years old: primary resistance and dominant genetic variants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Antananarivo].
Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar - 1 Jan 2002
Rasolofo Razanamparany V, Ramarokoto H, Clouzeau J, Rasolonavalona T, Vololonirina E J, Cauchoix B, Chanteau S
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis during childhood is often due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis primo-infection. Tuberculosis is highly prevalent in Madagascar and most people are infected during childhood. Our objectives were to evaluate the primary resistance of M. tuberculosis and to determine the genotypes responsible for recent infection in the population. Thus we studied 142 isolated strains from 97 children (66 with pulmonary...
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