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A systematic review of East African-Indian family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Duarte Tonya Azevedo, Nery Joilda Silva, Boechat Neio, Pereira Susan Martins, Simonsen Vera, Oliveira Martha, Gomes Maria Gabriela Miranda, Penha-Gonçalves Carlos, Barreto Mauricio Lima, Barbosa Theolis
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis East African-Indian (EAI) spoligotyping family (belonging to lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, defined by the region of deletion RD239) is distributed worldwide, but is more prevalent in Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa. Studies in Latin America have rarely identified EAI. In this study, we describe the occurrence of the EAI family in Brazil. METHODS: EAI was identified...
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