First insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Paraguay
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Microbiology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 75
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-7-75
Abstract
We present a picture of the biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Paraguay, an inland South American country harboring 5 million inhabitants with a tuberculosis notification rate of 38/100,000.Keywords
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