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Prevalence and risk factors of mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infections in China.
The Journal of infection - 1 Aug 2015
Pang Yu, Zhou Yang, Wang Shengfen, Song Yuanyuan, Ou Xichao, Zhao Bing, Zhang Zhijian, Zhao Yanlin
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OBJECTIVES: Mixed infections have been considered as a potential obstacle for tuberculosis treatment and control. To date, few studies have been done to determine the rate of mixed infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China. METHODS: In this study, we used the standard 24-loci MIRU-VNTR method to genotype the representative M. tuberculosis isolates from the national drug-resistant survey conducted in...
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