Identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage in Ecuador

Identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage in Ecuador

Introduction: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage isolates are considered to be especially virulent, transmissible and prone to acquire resistances. Beijing strains have been reported worldwide, but studies in Latin America are still scarce. The only multinational study performed in the regio...

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Main Authors: Patricia Jiménez, Karina Calvopiña, Diana Herrera, Carlos Rojas, Laura Pérez-Lago, Marcelo Grijalva, Remedios Guna, Darío García-de Viedma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017-06-01
Series:Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
tuberculosis
case reports
virulence
molecular epidemiology
Ecuador
Online Access:https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3450

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