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Increased transmissibility of Russian successful strain Beijing B0/W148 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Indirect clues from history and demographics.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2020
Vyazovaya Anna, Proshina Eugeniya, Gerasimova Alena, Avadenii Ion, Solovieva Natalia, Zhuravlev Viacheslav, Narvskaya Olga, Mokrousov Igor
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The local situation with tuberculosis (TB) is shaped by the complex interplay of multiple factors related to both human host and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We hypothesized that TB epidemiology in the rural regions in the Soviet Union was impacted by construction of the Gulag camps and significant incoming migration. This molecular M. tuberculosis study was conducted in 2017 in the Komi Republic in northern...
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