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Peculiar features of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure in Albania.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2020
Tafaj Silva, Mokrousov Igor, Borroni Emanuele, Trovato Alberto, Kapisyzi Perlat, Bardhi Donika, Hafizi Hasan, Bala Silvana, Bulo Anyla, Bino Silvia, Rastogi Nalin, Cirillo Daniela
Abstract excerpt
Albania is a Balkan country with moderate to low incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and very low prevalence of drug resistant TB. Here, we analyzed a country-wide multi-year Mycobacterium tuberculosis collection in order to detect possible dynamic trends of TB in Albania, with a focus on drug resistance and endemic/epidemic clones. In total, 743 isolates collected in 2007 to 2011 were divided into 107 spoligotypes...
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