The predominance of Ethiopian specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis families and minimal contribution of Mycobacterium bovis in tuberculous lymphadenitis patients in Southwest Ethiopia

No === Background: Ethiopia has an extremely high rate of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, dominated by tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN). However, little is known about Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBc) lineages re-sponsible for TBLN in Southwest Ethiopia.Methods:A total of 304 MTBc isolates fro...

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Main Authors: Tadesse, M., Abebe, G., Bekele, A., Bezabih, M., de Rijk, P., Meehan, Conor J., de Jong, B.C., Rigouts, L.
Language:en
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17305

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