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Conspicuous multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster strains do not trespass country borders in Latin America and Spain.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Ritacco Viviana, Iglesias María-José, Ferrazoli Lucilaine, Monteserin Johana, Dalla Costa Elis R, Cebollada Alberto, Morcillo Nora, Robledo Jaime, de Waard Jacobus H, Araya Pamela, Aristimuño Liselotte, Díaz Raúl, Gavin Patricia, Imperiale Belen, Simonsen Vera, Zapata Elsa M, Jiménez María S, Rossetti Maria L, Martin Carlos, Barrera Lucía, Samper Sofia
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity in Ibero-America was examined by comparing extant genotype collections in national or state tuberculosis networks. To this end, genotypes from over 1000 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosed from 2004 through 2008 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain were compared in a database constructed ad hoc. Most of the...
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