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Highly structured genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Djibouti.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2010
Godreuil S, Renaud F, Choisy M, Depina J J, Garnotel E, Morillon M, Van de Perre P, Bañuls A L
Abstract excerpt
Djibouti is an East African country with a high tuberculosis incidence. This study was conducted over a 2-month period in Djibouti, during which 62 consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) were included. Genetic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit variable-number tandem-repeat typing and spoligotyping, was performed. The genetic and...
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