Implication of the RDRIO Mycobacterium tuberculosis sublineage in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal

Multidrug and extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis are a threat to tuberculosis control programs. Genotyping methods, such as spoligotyping and MIRU–VNTR typing (Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units), are useful in monitoring potentially epidemic strains and estimating strain...

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Main Author: David, Susana (author)
Other Authors: Duarte, EL (author), Leite, CQF (author), Paixão, Eleonora (author), Ribeiro, João Nuno (author), Maio, José (author), Portugal, Clara (author), Sancho, Luísa (author), Germano de Sousa, José (author)
Format: article
Language:por
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR–TB);
RDrio
Spoligotyping
LAM family
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6380
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/6380

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6380

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