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A genome epidemiological study of mycobacterium tuberculosis in subpopulations with high and low incidence rate in Guangxi, South China.
BMC infectious diseases - 19 Aug 2021
Lin Dingwen, Wang Junning, Cui Zhezhe, Ou Jing, Huang Liwen, Wang Ya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). China is the third in top 8 high TB burden countries and Guangxi is one of the high incidence areas in South China. Determine bacterial factors that affected TB incidence rate is a step toward Ending the TB epidemic. RESULTS: Genomes of M. tuberculosis cultures from a relatively high and low incidence region in Guangxi...
Topics
- Antitubercular Agents
- China
- Genotype
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant