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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ecology in Venezuela: epidemiologic correlates of common spoligotypes and a large clonal cluster defined by MIRU-VNTR-24.
BMC infectious diseases - 6 Aug 2009
Abadía Edgar, Sequera Monica, Ortega Dagmarys, Méndez María Victoria, Escalona Arnelly, Da Mata Omaira, Izarra Elix, Rojas Yeimy, Jaspe Rossana, Motiwala Alifiya S, Alland David, de Waard Jacobus, Takiff Howard E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains an endemic public health problem, but the ecology of the TB strains prevalent, and their transmission, can vary by country and by region. We sought to investigate the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in different regions of Venezuela. A previous study identified the most prevalent strains in Venezuela but did not show geographical distribution nor identify clonal...
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