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The Guinea-Bissau family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex revisited.
PloS one - 20 Apr 2011
Groenheit Ramona, Ghebremichael Solomon, Svensson Jenny, Rabna Paulo, Colombatti Raffaella, Riccardi Fabio, Couvin David, Hill Véronique, Rastogi Nalin, Koivula Tuija, Källenius Gunilla
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The Guinea-Bissau family of strains is a unique group of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that, although genotypically closely related, phenotypically demonstrates considerable heterogeneity. We have investigated 414 M. tuberculosis complex strains collected in Guinea-Bissau between 1989 and 2008 in order to further characterize the Guinea-Bissau family of strains. To determine the strain lineages present...
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