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Population structure and circulating genotypes of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in São Paulo state, Brazil.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2013
Martins Maria Conceição, Giampaglia Carmen M Saraiva, Oliveira Rosângela S, Simonsen Vera, Latrilha Fábio Oliveira, Moniz Letícia Lisboa, Couvin David, Rastogi Nalin, Ferrazoli Lucilaine
Abstract excerpt
São Paulo is the most populous Brazilian state and reports the largest number of tuberculosis cases in the country annually (over 18,500). This study included 193 isolates obtained during the 2nd Nationwide Survey on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug Resistance that was conducted in São Paulo state and 547 isolates from a laboratory based study of drug resistance that were analyzed by the Mycobacteria Reference...
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