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Prevalence, drug resistance, and genotypic diversity of the RDRio subfamily of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ecuador: a retrospective analysis for years 2012-2016.
Frontiers in public health - 1 Jan 2024
Castro-Rodriguez Bernardo, Franco-Sotomayor Greta, Benitez-Medina Jose Manuel, Cardenas-Franco Greta, Jiménez-Pizarro Natalia, Cardenas-Franco Camilo, Aguirre-Martinez Juan Luis, Orlando Solon Alberto, Hermoso de Mendoza Javier, Garcia-Bereguiain Miguel Angel
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Introduction: A major sublineage within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) LAM family characterized by a new in-frame fusion gene Rv3346c/55c was discovered in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2007, called RDRio, associated to drug resistance. The few studies about prevalence of MTB RDRio strains in Latin America reported values ranging from 3% in Chile to 69.8% in Venezuela, although no information is available for...
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