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Admixed phylogenetic distribution of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Varghese Bright, Supply Philip, Allix-Béguec Caroline, Shoukri Mohammed, Al-Omari Ruba, Herbawi Mais, Al-Hajoj Sahal
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BACKGROUND: The phylogeographical structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is generally bimodal in low tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries, where genetic lineages of the isolates generally differ with little strain clustering between autochthonous and foreign-born TB patients. However, less is known on this structure in Saudi Arabia-the most important hub of human migration as it hosts a total population of...
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