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Molecular epidemiology and genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Baghdad.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Mustafa Ali Ruqaya, Trovato Alberto, Couvin David, Al-Thwani Amina N, Borroni Emanuele, Dhaer Fahim H, Rastogi Nalin, Cirillo Daniela M
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Iraq but the strains responsible for the epidemic have been poorly characterized. Our aim was to characterize the TB strains circulating in Bagdad (Iraq). A total of 270 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains isolated between 2010 and 2011 from TB patients attending the Center of Chest and Respiratory diseases in Baghdad were analyzed by...
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