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Evolution of drug resistance in different sublineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2006
Mokrousov Igor, Jiao Wei Wei, Sun Gui Zhi, Liu Jia Wen, Valcheva Violeta, Li Mo, Narvskaya Olga, Shen A Dong
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We compared the population structure and drug resistance patterns of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains currently circulating in the Beijing area of China. One hundred thirteen of 123 strains belonged to the Beijing family genotypes defined by spoligotyping. The Beijing genotype strains were further subdivided into old and modern sublineages on the basis of NTF locus analysis. A stronger association with...
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