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Country-wide genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Singapore, 2011-2017.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2022
Kam Michelle Li Wei, Lim Leo K Y, Sng Li-Hwei, Ong Rick Twee-Hee, Lee Vernon J M, Wang Yee Tang, Chee Cynthia B E
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and factors associated with its transmission in Singapore. METHODS: Spoligotyping, 24-loci mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units - variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) typing and demographic data from the national TB notification registry of MTBC culture-positive cases notified from January 2011 to...
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