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Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA fingerprint clusters and its relationship with RD(Rio) genotype in Brazil.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Mar 2013
Vinhas Solange Alves, Palaci Moisés, Marques Hebert Silva, Lobo de Aguiar Paola Poloni, Ribeiro Fabíola Karla, Peres Renata Lyrio, Dietze Reynaldo, Gomes Harrison Magdinier, Suffys Philip Noel, Golub Jonathan E, Riley Lee W, Maciel Ethel Leonor Noia
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains designated as RD(Rio) are responsible for a large cluster of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Rio de Janeiro. They were previously shown to be associated with severe manifestations of TB. Here, we used three genotyping methods (IS6110 RFLP, spoligotyping, and multiplex PCR) to characterize RD(Rio) and non-RD(Rio) strains from the metropolitan area of Vitória, State of...
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