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Genetic surveillance of first- and second-line drug-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Santos-Lázaro David, Vigo Aiko N, Cotrina Vidia V, Villar Sandra, Medina Alexis, Julcapoma Cynthia, Pacheco Edson, Alarcón Miriam J, Puyén Zully M
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a critical public health crisis in Peru, which bears the highest multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) burden in the Americas. The objective of this study was to conduct a nationwide genetic surveillance of first- and second-line drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Peru to characterize their structural and geographic distribution using a multilocus genotype approach. We...
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