A first insight on the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as studied by spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTRs in Santiago, Chile.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118007

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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

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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 t...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Chile
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotyping Techniques
Humans
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Male
Middle Aged
Minisatellite Repeats

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PMID: 25671320
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118007
PMCID: PMC4324903

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