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Spoligotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from patients residents of 11 states of Brazil.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Gomes Harrison Magdinier, Elias Atina Ribeiro, Oelemann Maranibia Aparecida Cardoso, Pereira Márcia Aparecida da Silva, Montes Fátima Fandinho Onofre, Marsico Ana Grazia, Kritski Afrânio Lineu, Filho Luciano dos Anjos, Caldas Paulo C, Possuelo Lia Gonçalves, Cafrune Patrícia, Rossetti Maria Lúcia, Lucena Norma, Saad Maria Helena Feres, Cavalcanti Hebe Rodrigues, Leite Clarisse Queico Fujimura, de Brito Rossana Coimbra, Lopes Maria Luiza, Lima Karla, Souza Maisa, Trindade Rita de Cássia, Zozio Thierry, Sola Christophe, Rastogi Nalin, Suffys Philip Noel
Abstract excerpt
One of the high tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries in the world, Brazil is characterized by considerable differences in TB incidence on regional and state level. In the present study, we describe Brazilian spoligotypes of 1991 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) clinical isolates from patients residents of 11 states from different regions of the country, diagnosed between 1996 and 2005. By performing...
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