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[Identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage in Ecuador].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Jun 2017
Jiménez Patricia, Calvopiña Karina, Herrera Diana, Rojas Carlos, Pérez-Lago Laura, Grijalva Marcelo, Guna Remedios, García-de Viedma Darío
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INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage isolates are considered to be especially virulent, transmissible and prone to acquire resistances. Beijing strains have been reported worldwide, but studies in Latin America are still scarce. The only multinational study performed in the region indicated a heterogeneous distribution for this lineage, which was absent in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, although...
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