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Comparative genomics of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ecuador.
BMC genomics - 21 Dec 2022
Morey-León Gabriel, Andrade-Molina Derly, Fernández-Cadena Juan Carlos, Berná Luisa
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease affecting millions of people. In spite of efforts to reduce the disease, increasing antibiotic resistance has contributed to persist in the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In fact, the increased cases of multi (MDR) and extreme drug resistance (XDR) worldwide remains the main challenge for tuberculosis control. Whole genome sequencing is a powerful tool...
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