Mycobacterium tuberculosisBeijing Genotype, the Netherlands
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype, the Netherlands
T Beijing genotype is found frequently in Asia (1–3) but also in outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in various parts of the world, including Cuba, Germany, Russia, and Estonia (4–7). The largest known epidemic of MDRTB in North America was caused by the W strain, a variant of the Beijing genotype (8–9). A recent study showed this strain’s emergence and association with drug r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.020743