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A first insight on the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as studied by spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTRs in Santiago, Chile.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Balcells María Elvira, García Patricia, Meza Paulina, Peña Carlos, Cifuentes Marcela, Couvin David, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health problem worldwide, but the ecology of the prevalent mycobacterial strains, and their transmission, can vary depending on country and region. Chile is a country with low incidence of TB, that has a geographically isolated location in relation to the rest of South American countries due to the Andes Mountains, but recent migration from neighboring countries has...
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