Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Baja California, Mexico: A result of human migration?

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.001

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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Baja California, Mexico: A result of human migration?

Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2017

Flores-López Carlos A, Zenteno-Cuevas Roberto, Laniado-Laborín Rafael, Reynaud Yann, García-Ortiz Rosa Alejandra, González-Y-Merchand Jorge A, Rivera Sandra, Vázquez-Chacón Carlos A, Vaughan Gilberto, Martínez-Guarneros José Armando, Victoria-Cota Nelva Lorena, Cruz-Rivera Mayra, Rastogi Nalin, Muñiz-Salazar Raquel

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The State of Baja California (BC) exhibits the highest incidence and prevalence rates of tuberculosis (TB), and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in Mexico. However information about the circulation of M. tuberculosis lineages in BC and Mexico as a whole is limited. Here, we describe the genetic re...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Human Migration
Humans
Male
Mexico
Middle Aged
Minisatellite Repeats

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Molecular Epidemiology

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant

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PMID: 27418234
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.001

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