Harmonized Genome Wide Typing of Tubercle Bacilli Using a Web-Based Gene-By-Gene Nomenclature SystemResearch in context
Background: Global tuberculosis (TB) control is challenged by uncontrolled transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mtbc) strains, esp. of multidrug (MDR) or extensively resistant (XDR) variants. Precise analysis of transmission networks is the basis to trace outbreak M/XDR clones and imp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-08-01
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Series: | EBioMedicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418302731 |