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[Molecular-genetic method of identification of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2005
Dubileĭ S A, Ignatova A N, Shemiakin I G
Abstract excerpt
Above two million people annually die worldwide of tuberculosis. There has been a serious uptrend in the tuberculosis morbidity observed during the recent decade in Russia. The growing prevalence of drug-resistant strains of pathogens is highly dangerous. A timely diagnosis reduces significantly the risk of epidemics. The use of molecular methods cuts the time of tuberculosis diagnosis, including its resistant...
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