Shifts in Mycobacterial Populations and Emerging Drug-Resistance in West and Central Africa.

In this study, we retrospectively analysed a total of 605 clinical isolates from six West or Central African countries (Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Guinea-Conakry, Niger and Senegal). Besides spoligotyping to assign isolates to ancient and modern mycobacterial lineages, we conducted p...

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Main Authors: Florian Gehre, Mebrat Ejo, Kristina Fissette, Pim de Rijk, Cécile Uwizeye, Elie Nduwamahoro, Odin Goovaerts, Dissou Affolabi, Martin Gninafon, Fanny M Lingoupou, Mamadou Dian Barry, Oumou Sow, Corinne Merle, Piero Olliaro, Fatoumata Ba, Marie Sarr, Alberto Piubello, Juergen Noeske, Martin Antonio, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C de Jong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4262193?pdf=render