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Current trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecular epidemiology in Saudi Arabia and associated demographical factors.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2013
Al-Hajoj Sahal, Varghese Bright, Al-Habobe Farah, Shoukri Mohammed M, Mulder Arnout, van Soolingen Dick
Abstract excerpt
Data are scarce on demographical factors related to the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia. A study was conducted on 902 clinical isolates to explore current trends in the phylogeography and associated demographical factors of tuberculosis by using spoligotyping and 24 loci based MIRU-VNTR typing. Young male patients (aged 16-29 and 30-44) were predominant in this cohort. The...
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