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[Molecular characterization and biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Antilles-Guiana region and comparative analysis in a metropolitan region, Aquitaine].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jul 2003
Brudey K, Filliol I, Sola C, Bébéar C, Elia-Pasquet S, Texier-Maugein J, Rastogi N
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Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease in recrudescence whose epidemiologic monitoring is reinforced by molecular biology. In this context, we were particularly interested in the cases of tuberculosis of French West Indies and French Guiana (FWI-FG). This study covered a period of two years (1997 and 1998) and focused on the demographical and epidemiological characteristics of the cases diagnosed...
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