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Analysis of the twenty-six largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in Aragon using whole-genome sequencing for surveillance purposes.
Scientific reports - 5 Nov 2022
Comín Jessica, Cebollada Alberto, Ibarz Daniel, Viñuelas Jesús, Sahagún Juan, Torres Luis, Iglesias María-José, Samper Sofía
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The incidence of tuberculosis in Aragon, Spain, is around ten cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Since 2004, a molecular surveillance protocol has been carried out; therefore, all M. tuberculosis strains are genotyped. Recently, whole-genome sequencing has been implemented for relevant isolates. The aim of this work is to characterise at the molecular level the causative strains of the 26 largest outbreaks of the...
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