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Genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in San Luis Potosí, México.
BMC research notes - 1 May 2013
López-Rocha Estela, Juárez-Álvarez Julio, Riego-Ruiz Lina, Enciso-Moreno Leonor, Ortega-Aguilar Francisco, Hernández-Nieto Julián, Enciso-Moreno José A, López-Revilla Rubén
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BACKGROUND: Although epidemiologic and socioeconomic criteria and biomedical risk factors indicate high-priority for tuberculosis (TB) control in Mexico, molecular epidemiology studies of the disease in the country are scarce. METHODS: Complete sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained from 248 of the 432 pulmonary TB (PTB) cases confirmed from 2006 to 2010 on the population under epidemiological...
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