Article
Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic lineages circulating in Riga and Riga region, Latvia, isolated between 2008 and 2012.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2020
Pole Ilva, Trofimova Julija, Norvaisa Inga, Supply Philip, Skenders Girts, Nodieva Anda, Ozere Iveta, Riekstina Vija, Igumnova Viktorija, Storozenko Jelena, Jansone Inta, Viksna Ludmila, Ranka Renate
Abstract excerpt
Although the number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases registered per year has decreased by 3-fold between 2001 and 2017 in Latvia, the TB incidence and rates of multidrug resistant TB in this Baltic country remain substantially higher than in most other European countries. Molecular typing methods of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) play an important role both in clinical studies of the disease and the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antitubercular Agents
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Female
