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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China: a nationwide random survey in 2000.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Dec 2005
Li W M, Wang S M, Li C Y, Liu Y H, Shen G M, Zhang X X, Niu T G, Gao Q, van Soolingen D, Kremer K, Duanmu H J
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the contribution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) Beijing genotype to the population structure of M. tuberculosis complex in China. DESIGN: Genotypes of 441 mycobacterial isolates were determined by spoligotyping and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). The isolates were from a nationwide random survey for the epidemiology of TB conducted in 2000, and the drug...
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