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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2003
Lillebaek Troels, Andersen Ase B, Dirksen Asger, Glynn Judith R, Kremer Kristin
Abstract excerpt
Molecular epidemiologic studies of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are currently conducted worldwide. The genetically distinct Beijing family of strains has been associated with large outbreaks of tuberculosis, increased virulence, and multidrug resistance. However, in this first population-based search for Beijing strains in the Danish DNA fingerprint database, analysis of 97% of all culture-positive...
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