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Molecular snapshot of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and drug-resistance in Kyrgyzstan.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2013
Mokrousov Igor, Isakova Jainagul, Valcheva Violeta, Aldashev Almaz, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
Kyrgyzstan is a post-Soviet country in Central Asia marked with high incidence and mortality rates of tuberculosis (TB). The present study provided first assessment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and drug-resistance in civilian population here. The collection included 103 M. tuberculosis DNA samples subjected to the analysis of rifampin and isoniazid resistance mutations and spoligotyping. The...
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