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Molecular assessment, drug-resistant profile, and spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Tamaulipas, México.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Mar 2014
Bocanegra-García Virgilio, Garza-González Elvira, Cruz-Pulido Wendy Lizeth, Guevara-Molina Yahaira Lizeth, Cantú-Ramírez Rubén, González Gloria M, Rivera Gildardo, Palma-Nicolas José P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a serious global health problem involving one-third of the world population. A wide diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains cause about 1.5 million deaths/year worldwide, but in developing countries, the genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis strains remains largely unknown. We conducted a first insight into the population diversity of M. tuberculosis strains from...
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