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Spoligotyping and drug resistance analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from national survey in China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pang Yu, Zhou Yang, Zhao Bing, Liu Guan, Jiang Guanglu, Xia Hui, Song Yuanyuan, Shang Yuanyuan, Wang Shengfen, Zhao Yan-lin
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is one of the major causes of death in the world today. Although China has the second largest global case rate of tuberculosis, a systematic study of TB prevalence in China has not been completed. From 2006 to 2007, the base line surveillance of tuberculosis was carried out by Ministry of Health, and more than 4000 representative...
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