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Transborder molecular analysis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mongolia and Eastern Siberia, Russia.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Sept 2022
Zhdanova Svetlana, Mokrousov Igor, Orlova Elizaveta, Sinkov Viacheslav, Ogarkov Oleg
Abstract excerpt
Eastern Siberia (Russia) and Mongolia are borderline regions in Asia with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB). In this study, we investigated the transborder transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a focus on endemic and epidemic clones and drug resistance. M. tuberculosis isolates (287 from Mongolia and 754 from Russia) were collected using cross-sectional population-based surveys between 2010 and...
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