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Distinguishing Relapse From Reinfection With Whole-Genome Sequencing in Recurrent Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Beijing, China
8 Dec 2021
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Background: Tuberculosis recurrence is still a major problem for the control of tuberculosis, and the cause of the recurrence is still unclear. Methods: We retrospectively recruited 68 pairs of samples of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from recurrent TB cases in Beijing Chest Hospital between January 2008 and December 2019. The whole-genome sequencing was conducted to analyze single-nucleotide polymorphism...
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