Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a Lisbon hospital in Portugal Análise genotípica de isolados de Mycobacterium tuberculosis de um hospital em Lisboa, Portugal

Portugal has one of the highest tuberculosis notification rates of the European Union with Lisbon Health Region having an incidence rate well above the national average. The present study analyses the transmission, drug susceptibility and characteristics of a study population from a Central Lisbon’s...

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Main Authors: João Perdigão, Catarina Milho, Lurdes Carrilho, Laura Brum, Isabel Portugal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-10-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-21592009000500002