Genetic diversity of drug resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in local area of Southwest China: a retrospective study

Abstract Background By 2014 although tuberculosis (TB) incidence had fallen by an average of 1.5% per year since 2000 and was 18% lower than the level of in 2000, 1.5 million people died for TB in that year. One of reason was that drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (DRTB) spread. This study a...

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Main Authors: Tao Shi, Tongxin Li, Jungang Li, Jing Wang, Zehua Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3503-0