Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure shift in a 5-year molecular epidemiology surveillance follow-up study in a low endemic agro-industrial setting in São Paulo, Brazil

Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure shift in a 5-year molecular epidemiology surveillance follow-up study in a low endemic agro-industrial setting in São Paulo, Brazil

Starting with 257 outpatients attending the specialized health service for tuberculosis (TB) between 2002 and 2006 in Araraquara, an agro-industrial area with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence in São Paulo state, Brazil, positive mycobacterial cultures were obtained in 130 cases, of which 121 were con...

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Main Authors: Adolfo Carlos Barreto Santos, Rosângela Maria Gaspareto, Brunilde Helena Jung Viana, Natália Helena Mendes, José Rodrigo Cláudio Pandolfi, Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso, Daisy Nakamura Sato, Susana Correia de Matos David, Maria Helena Feres Saad, Nalin Rastogi, Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Brazil
Epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Spoligotyping
MIRU-VNTRs
Population-structure
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=156;epage=165;aulast=Santos

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