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Genotypic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in the Multiethnic Area of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2017
Liu Jie, Li Junlian, Liu Jiao, Zhao Xiuqin, Lian Lulu, Liu Haican, Lu Bing, Yu Qin, Zhang Jingrui, Qi Yingcheng, Wan Kanglin
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Objectives. We studied the genetic diversity of clinical isolates from patients with tuberculosis in the multiethnic area of Xinjiang autonomous region in China. A total of 311 clinical M. tuberculosis isolates were collected in 2006 and 2011 and genotyped by two genotyping methods. All isolates were grouped into 68 distinct spoligotypes using the spoligotyping method. The Beijing family was dominant, followed by...
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