A Prospective Cohort Study on the Prevalent and Recurrent Tuberculosis Isolates Using the MIRU-VNTR Typing

A Prospective Cohort Study on the Prevalent and Recurrent Tuberculosis Isolates Using the MIRU-VNTR Typing

The study aims to describe the clustering characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) strains circulating in eastern China and determine the ratio of relapse and reinfection in recurrent patients. We recruited sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases from five cities of Jiangsu Pr...

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Main Authors: Beibei Qiu, Bilin Tao, Qiao Liu, Zhongqi Li, Huan Song, Dan Tian, Jizhou Wu, Zhuchao Wu, Mengyao Zhan, Wei Lu, Jianming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
tuberculosis
molecular epidemiology
genotyping
recurrence
reactivation
reinfection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.685368/full

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