Clonal expansion of both modern and ancient genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in southern Taiw...
Clonal expansion of both modern and ancient genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in southern Taiwan
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United States: Public Library of Science
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We present the first comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in the Kaohsiung region of southern Taiwan. The major spoligotypes found in the 224 isolates studied were Beijing lineages (n = 97; 43.3%), EAI lineages (n = 72; 32.1%) and Haarlem lineages (n = 18; 8.0%). By 24 MIRU-VNTR typing, 174 patterns were identif...
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Clonal expansion of both modern and ancient genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in southern Taiwan
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326256163
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326256163
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0043018
