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Four year longitudinal study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in a region of North-Eastern Italy.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2014
Fallico Loredana, Couvin David, Peracchi Marta, Pascarella Michela, Franchin Elisa, Lavezzo Enrico, Rassu Mario, Manganelli Riccardo, Rastogi Nalin, Palù Giorgio
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports have suggested a change of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity in Western Europe due to an increasing proportion of imported cases of tuberculosis (TB). This study analyzed a total of 705 M. tuberculosis strains isolated from 2006 to 2009 in Veneto, a North-Eastern Italian region, to see the impact of foreign-born cases vs. Italian patients on prevailing TB epidemiology. Strains...
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