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Genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a resource-limited region of China.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Zhang Dan, An Jun, Wang Yufeng, Pang Yu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To gain an insight into the genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Chongqing Municipality, an MDR tuberculosis (MDR-TB) epidemic region of China. METHODS: In this study, a total of 208M. tuberculosis isolates from smear-positive TB patients in Chongqing were genotyped by spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem...
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