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Description of the population structure and genetic diversity of tuberculosis in Estado de México, a low prevalence setting from Mexico.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2015
Zenteno-Cuevas Roberto, Mendoza-Damián Fabiola, Muñoz Irving Cansino, Enciso-Moreno Leonor, Pérez-Navarro Lucia Monserrat, Ramírez-Hernández Ma Dolores, Vázquez-Medina Karen, Widrobo-García Lorena, Lauzardo Michael, Enciso-Moreno José Antonio
Abstract excerpt
In order to identify the genetic characteristics of the strains of mycobacteria circulating in the Estado de México, one of the states with the lowest prevalence of tuberculosis in Mexico, spoligotyping and 12-loci MIRU-VNTR typing were used to genotype tuberculosis clinical isolates. The average age of the 183 patients analyzed was 50 (± 17) years, drug resistance was noted in 57 (31%) and multidrug resistance...
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