Trends of Two Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Argentina Disclosed by Tailored Molecular Strategy

Abstract
Two Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains-M (sublineage 4.1) and Ra (sublineage 4.3)-have long prevailed in Argentina among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Recently, budget constraints have hampered the surveillance of MDR-TB transmission. Based on whole-genome sequence analysis, we used M- and Ra-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms to tailor two multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), which we...
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Title
Trends of Two Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Argentina Disclosed by Tailored Molecular Strategy
Published Date
Dec 4, 2019
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