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Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage and site of disease in Florida, 2009-2015.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2017
Séraphin Marie Nancy, Doggett Richard, Johnston Lori, Zabala Jose, Gerace Alexandra M, Lauzardo Michael
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is characterized into four global lineages with strong geographical restriction. To date one study in the United States has investigated M. tuberculosis lineage association with tuberculosis (TB) disease presentation (extra-pulmonary versus pulmonary). We update this analysis using recent (2009-2015) data from the State of Florida to measure lineage association with...
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