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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in reference hospitals across Viet Nam.
BMC microbiology - 28 Jul 2016
Nguyen Van Anh Thi, Bañuls Anne-Laure, Tran Thanh Hoa Thi, Pham Kim Lien Thi, Nguyen Thai Son, Nguyen Hung Van, Nguyen Ngoc Lan Thi, Nguyen Nam Lien Thi, Dang Duc Anh, Marks Guy B, Choisy Marc
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen, despite a low level of genetic diversity, has revealed a high variety of biological and epidemiological characteristics linked to their lineages, such as transmissibility, fitness and propensity to acquire drug resistance. This has important implications for the epidemiology of TB. We conducted this first countrywide cross-sectional study to...
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