The Recent-Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains among Iranian and Afghan Relapse Cases: a DNA-fingerprinting using RFLP and spoligotyping

BACKGROUND: Relapse of tuberculosis (TB) may develop as the result of reactivation of the endogenous primary infection, or as a result of a exogenous reinfection. This survey evaluated the rate of reactivation versus recent transmission among Iranian and Afghan relapse cases. METHODS: The sputum spe...

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Autores principales: Parissa-Farnia, Masjedi, Mohammad Reza, Varahram, Mohammad, Mirsaeidi, Mehdi, Ahmadi, Mojtaba, Khazampour, Mehdi, Tabarsi, Payam, Baghei, Parvaneh, Marjane, Mojtaba, Bahadori, Muslam, Zarifi, Abolhasan Zia, Velayati, Ali Akbar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18681980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-109

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18681980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-109

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