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[Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains genotype A1].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2006
Stepashina V N, Ivanov I Iu, Lipin M Iu, Shemiakin I G
Abstract excerpt
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of genotype A1 (LAM family, VNTR profile 222222) are often resulted from people with pulmonary tuberculosis, who live in Central Russia. Among strains of this family, drug-resistant strains, including those with simultaneous resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin (MDR), are common. The strains of the genotype A1 tend to spread as clones.
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