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Characteristic SNPs defining the major multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clusters identified by EuSeqMyTB to support routine surveillance, EU/EEA, 2017 to 2019.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Mar 2024
de Neeling Albert J, Tagliani Elisa, Ködmön Csaba, van der Werf Marieke J, van Soolingen Dick, Cirillo Daniela Maria, Anthony Richard M
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BackgroundThe EUSeqMyTB project, conducted in 2020, used whole genome sequencing (WGS) for surveillance of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and identified 56 internationally clustered multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) clones.AimWe aimed to define and establish a rapid and computationally simple screening method to identify probable members...
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