Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in reference hospitals across Viet Nam.

Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen, despite a low level of genetic diversity, has revealed a high variety of biological and epidemiological characteristics linked to their lineages, such as transmissibility, fitness and propensity to acquire drug resistance. This h...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, VAT, Bañuls, A-L, Tran, THT, Pham, KLT, Nguyen, TS, Nguyen, HV, Nguyen, NLT, Dang, DA, Marks, GB, Choisy, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016