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RDRioMycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in the Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina triple border.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2018
de Almeida Aryadne Larissa, Scodro Regiane Bertin de Lima, de Carvalho Hayalla Corrêa, Costacurta Giovana Ferreira, Baldin Vanessa Pietrowski, Santos Nathally Claudiane Souza, Ghiraldi-Lopes Luciana Dias, Campanerut-Sá Paula Aline Zanetti, Siqueira Vera Lucia Dias, Caleffi-Ferracioli Katiany Rizzieri, Shibata Flávia Kazumi, Sprada Andressa, Cardoso Rosilene Fressatti
Abstract excerpt
The high tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates, the closeness of the cities and the high migration flux on the Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina border deserves an in-depth study, using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit (MIRU) and Spoligotyping genetic markers to explore the impact of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RDRio lineage on disease transmission and resistance to anti-TB drugs in this setting. Although...
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