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There is no correlation between sublineages and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/W lineage clinical isolates in Xinjiang, China.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2015
Yuan L, Huang Y, Mi L G, Li Y X, Liu P Z, Zhang J, Liang H Y, Li F, Li H, Zhang S Q, Li W J
Abstract excerpt
The Beijing/W lineage strains are the major prevalent strains in China. The prevalence, mortality and drug-resistant rates of tuberculosis in Xinjiang, Northwestern China are higher than in other parts of the country. Our previous study results showed that the dominant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) were 'Beijing/W lineage' MTB in Xinjiang; those strains had no significant correlation with drug...
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