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The epidemic of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in China in historical and phylogenetic perspectives.
The Journal of infection - 1 Apr 2020
Zhou Yang, Anthony Richard, Wang Shengfen, Ou Xichao, Liu Dongxin, Zhao Yanlin, Soolingen Dick van
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OBJECTIVES: For the past decade, the epidemic of multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) stays high in China. We investigated the possible driving forces behind the epidemics from phylogenetic and historical perspectives. METHODS: 420 representative strains were selected from the first national drug resistance survey based on their genotypes, drug susceptibility patterns and geographic information. We...
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