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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Pakistan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Hasan Rumina, Jabeen Kauser, Ali Asho, Rafiq Yasraba, Laiq Rabia, Malik Babar, Tanveer Mahnaz, Groenheit Ramona, Ghebremichael Solomon, Hoffner Sven, Hasan Zahra
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Frequency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan increased from 1.5% in 2006 to 4.5% in 2009 (p<0.01). To understand the epidemiology, we genotyped selected strains by using spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats, and IS6110 re...
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