Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of Beijing genotype are rarely observed in tuberculosis patients in South America

  • V Ritacco
  • , B López
  • , PI Cafrune
  • , L Ferrazoli
  • , PN Suffys
  • , N Candia
  • , L Vásquez
  • , T Realpe
  • , J Fernández
  • , KV Lima
  • , J Zurita
  • , J Robledo
  • , ML Rossetti
  • , AL Kritski
  • , MA Telles
  • , JC Palomino
  • , H Heersma
  • , D van Soolingen
  • , K Kremer
  • , L Barrera

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    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
    Volume103
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)489-492
    Number of pages4
    ISSN0074-0276
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • B780-tropical-medicine
    • Mycobacteriology
    • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    • Molecular epidemiology
    • Strains
    • Genotypes
    • Beijing genotype
    • Prevalence
    • Virulence
    • Drug resistance
    • America-Latin

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