Prevalence, drug resistance, and genotypic diversity of the RDRio subfamily of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ecuador: a retrospective analysis for years 2012–2016
IntroductionA major sublineage within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) LAM family characterized by a new in-frame fusion gene Rv3346c/55c was discovered in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2007, called RDRio, associated to drug resistance. The few studies about prevalence of MTB RDRio strains in Latin...
Main Authors: | Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Greta Franco-Sotomayor, Jose Manuel Benitez-Medina, Greta Cardenas-Franco, Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro, Camilo Cardenas-Franco, Juan Luis Aguirre-Martinez, Solon Alberto Orlando, Javier Hermoso de Mendoza, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1337357/full |
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