High genetic diversity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Tehran, Iran

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) still remains an important public health problem in Iran. The genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is expected to lead to a better understanding of M. tuberculosis transmission in Tehran, the most populated city of Iran. Materials and Methods: A total of...

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Main Authors: Taher Azimi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Samin Zamani, Ali Hashemi, Hossein Goudarzi, Abbas Ali Imani Fooladi, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi, Fatemeh Fallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579417300281