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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains favor transmission but not drug resistance in China.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Nov 2012
Yang Chongguang, Luo Tao, Sun Guomei, Qiao Ke, Sun Gang, DeRiemer Kathryn, Mei Jian, Gao Qian
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BACKGROUND: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains are widespread globally. We aimed to determine whether Beijing strains in China are more likely than other strains to spread, and whether they are more likely to become drug resistant. We also sought to determine whether different Beijing sublineages have distinct phenotypic characteristics. METHODS: We conducted a population-based molecular epidemiologic...
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