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Tuberculosis
Studies from Fudan University yield new data on tuberculosis
November 11th, 2008
"We applied a 7 loci Variable-Number-Tandem-Repeats (VNTR-7) analysis method to identify mixed infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to estimate the rate of mixed infections among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Shanghai, China. We validated the VNTR-7 method and used it to genotype an isolate from each of the 249 from pulmonary tuberculosis patients reported from the Songjiang and Chongming districts in Shanghai during 2006," researchers in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report. "We identified 14 patients with mixed infections, and the estimated rate of mixed infections was 5.6% (14/249) (95% CI 3.1%-9.2%). Mixed infections were observed more frequently...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-11)
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