Recent transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a prison population in southern Brazil
ABSTRACT We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective study, characterized by classical and molecular epidemiology, involving M. tuberculosis isolates from a regional prison in southern Brazil. Between January of 2011 and August of 2014, 379 prisoners underwent sputum smear microscopy and culture;...
Main Authors: | Ana Julia Reis, Simone Maria Martini de David, Luciana de Souza Nunes, Andreia Rosane de Moura Valim, Lia Gonçalves Possuelo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
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Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132016000400286&lng=en&tlng=en |
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