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[Molecular strain typing contribution to epidemiology of tuberculosis in Limousin (1998 to 2006)].
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Jun 2008
Bezanahary H, Baclet M-C, Sola C, Gazaille V, Turlure P, Weinbreck P, Denis F, Martin C
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OBJECTIVES: We conducted a molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Limousin, a French area with a low incidence of tuberculosis (4.8/100,000 inhabitants in 2005) to define the molecular diversity and the pattern of transmission. DESIGN: Two hundred and fifty-nine strains were isolated (each strain corresponds to one patient) from 1998 to 2006. Both spoligotyping and MIRU15 were chosen for our...
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