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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Czech Republic, 2004: analysis of M. tuberculosis complex isolates originating from the city of prague, south Moravia and the Moravian-Silesian region.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Dec 2006
Prodinger Wolfgang M, Polanecký Vladimír, Kozáková Bohumila, Müllerová Maria, Mezenský Lev, Kaustová Jarmila, Lechleitner Carolin, Kubín Milan
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OBJECTIVES: To compare M. tuberculosis complex genotypes from representative regions of the Czech Republic in order to estimate changes in strain prevalence and in the extent of imported drug-resistant tuberculosis. METHODS: Primary M. tuberculosis complex isolates (n=155) and follow-up isolates (n=15) from 155 patients from the first half of 2004 (98 from Prague, 37 from South Moravia and 35 from the...
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