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Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates From an Amerindian Population in Chiapas, México.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2022
Molina-Torres Carmen A, Quinn Frederick D, Castro-Garza Jorge, Gómez-Velasco Anaximandro, Ocampo-Candiani Jorge, Bencomo-Alerm Alied, Sánchez-Pérez Héctor Javier, Muñoz-Jiménez Sergio, Rendón Adrián, Ansari Afzal, Sharma Mukul, Singh Pushpendra, Vera-Cabrera Lucio
Abstract excerpt
This is the first report of the genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates found in a Mexican-Amerindian setting. In this study, we analyzed isolates collected from the Highlands region of Chiapas, Mexico, by using spoligotyping and whole-genome sequencing analyses. Seventy-three M. tuberculosis isolates were analyzed initially by spoligotyping; no new spoligotypes were identified....
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