A Geographically-Restricted but Prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Identified in the West Midlands Region of the UK between 1995 and 2008

BACKGROUND: We describe the identification of, and risk factors for, the single most prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain in the West Midlands region of the UK. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Prospective 15-locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping of all M. tuberculosis isolates in the West Midlands betwe...

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Autores principales: Evans, Jason T., Serafino Wani, Robert L., Anderson, Laura, Gibson, Andrea L., Smith, E. Grace, Wood, Annette, Olowokure, Babatunde, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Mann, Jonathan S., Gardiner, Sarah, Jones, Helen, Sonnenberg, Pam, Hawkey, Peter M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21464965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017930

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