Implication of the RD(Rio)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, S (author)
Other Authors: Duarte, E (author), Leite, C (author), Ribeiro, J (author), Maio, J (author), Paixão, E (author), Portugal, C (author), Sancho, L (author), Sousa, JG (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculose
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Portugal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/683
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/683

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