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Emerging resistant clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a spatiotemporal context.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2018
Vyazovaya Anna, Levina Klavdia, Zhuravlev Viacheslav, Viiklepp Piret, Kütt Marge, Mokrousov Igor
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Objectives: We assessed the genetic structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Estonia with a special focus on major epidemic/endemic clones and drug resistance determinants. We investigated the hypothesis of the decisive impact of massive human influx on the locally circulating genotypes. Estonia received a mass immigration from Russia during 1945-90 followed by enhanced interaction with the EU...
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