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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Tula area, Central Russia, before the introduction of the Directly Observed Therapy Strategy.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Dubiley S, Ignatova A, Mukhina T, Nizova A, Blagodatskikh S, Stepanshina V, Shemyakin I
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis remains a major public health concern in Russia and worldwide. Given the great geographical, ethnic, and socio-economic heterogeneities between Russian regions, epidemiological data cannot be generalized from a regional to a country-wide level. We present data on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Central Russia. We report a high level of resistance to major antitubercular drugs in both new and...
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