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Beijing clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with differential survival in HIV-negative Russian patients.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2015
Balabanova Yanina, Nikolayevskyy Vladyslav, Ignatyeva Olga, Kontsevaya Irina, Mironova Svetlana, Kovalyov Alexander, Kritsky Andrey, Rodionova Yulia, Fedorin Ivan, Casali Nicola, Hooper Richard, Horstmann Rolf D, Nejentsev Sergey, Hoffner Sven, Nuernberg Peter, Drobniewski Francis
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a prospective study to establish factors associated with survival in tuberculosis patients in Russia including social, clinical and pathogen-related genetic parameters. Specifically we wished to determine whether different strains/clades of the Beijing lineage exerted a differential...
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