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Tuberculosis
New findings reported from E. Augustynowiczkopec and co-authors describe advances in tuberculosis
January 20th, 2009
"The genetic compositions of 71 isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Poland were determined by spoligotyping," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report. "Nearly 80% of the isolates belonged to either the T or the Haarlem family. The genotypic diversity was largely due to variation within those families," wrote E. Augustynowiczkopec and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The scarcity of imported genotypes suggested that the M. tuberculosis population studied has an endemic nature." Augustynowiczkopec and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Clinical...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-20)
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