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High prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis mixed infection in the capital of moderate tuberculosis incidence country.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Apr 2016
Hajimiri Elahe Sadat, Masoomi Morteza, Ebrahimzadeh Nayereh, Fateh Abolfazl, Hadizadeh Tasbiti Alireza, Rahimi Jamnani Fatemeh, Bahrmand Ahmad Reza, Mirsaeidi Mehdi, Vaziri Farzam, Siadat Seyed Davar
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OBJECTIVE: Recent studies using molecular epidemiological techniques have demonstrated mixed infection with multiple strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis especially in countries with high tuberculosis (TB) burden. We aimed to determine the prevalence of mixed infection among patients with TB in the capital of Iran as a country with moderate incidence rate. METHODS: Samples were collected randomly from January...
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