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Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes and drug-resistant characterization from Beira compared to genotypes circulating in Mozambique.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2019
Anselmo Lívia Maria Pala, Conceição Emilyn Costa, Namburete Evangelina, Feliciano Cinara, Spindola Silvana, Sola Christophe, Bollela Valdes Roberto
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INTRODUCTION: Mozambique is one of three countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), TB/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, and multidrug-resistant TB. We aimed to describe Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes circulating among drug resistant (DR) strains from Beira, Mozambique comparing them with genotypes in the country. METHODS: We performed spoligotyping of 79 M. tuberculosis suspected of...
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