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Genetic diversity of drug and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in Veracruz, Mexico.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Munro-Rojas Daniela, Fernandez-Morales Esdras, Zarrabal-Meza José, Martínez-Cazares Ma Teresa, Parissi-Crivelli Aurora, Fuentes-Domínguez Javier, Séraphin Marie Nancy, Lauzardo Michael, González-Y-Merchand Jorge Alberto, Rivera-Gutierrez Sandra, Zenteno-Cuevas Roberto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mexico is one of the most important contributors of drug and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latin America; however, knowledge of the genetic diversity of drug-resistant tuberculosis isolates is limited. METHODS: In this study, the genetic structure of 112 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from the southeastern Mexico was determined by spoligotyping and 24-loci MIRU-VNTRs. FINDINGS: The results...
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