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Correlations between major risk factors and closely related Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates grouped by three current genotyping procedures: a population-based study in northeast Mexico.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Sept 2014
Peñuelas-Urquides Katia, Martínez-Rodríguez Herminia Guadalupe, Enciso-Moreno José Antonio, Molina-Salinas Gloria María, Silva-Ramírez Beatriz, Padilla-Rivas Gerardo Raymundo, Vera-Cabrera Lucio, Torres-de-la-Cruz Víctor Manuel, Martínez-Martínez Yazmin Berenice, Ortega-García Jorge Luis, Garza-Treviño Elsa Nancy, Enciso-Moreno Leonor, Saucedo-Cárdenas Odila, Becerril-Montes Pola, Said-Fernández Salvador
Abstract excerpt
The characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) patients related to a chain of recent TB transmissions were investigated. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates (120) were genotyped using the restriction fragment length polymorphism-IS6110 (R), spacer oligotyping (S) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (M) methods. The MTB isolates were clustered and the clusters were...
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