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A First Insight into the Genetic Diversity and Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Zhejiang, China.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2016
Liu Zhengwei, Pang Yu, Chen Songhua, Wu Beibei, He Haibo, Pan Aizhen, Wang Xiaomeng
Abstract excerpt
In this study, our aim was to determine the predominant genotypes among the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains circulating in Zhejiang Province. In addition, we also sought to determine the potential associations between MTB genotypes and susceptibility to first-line drugs. Out of these isolates, 673 (71.6%) were classified into the Beijing genotype, while the other 267 (28.4%) were from non-Beijing...
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