Genome analysis of multi- and extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The KZN strain family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a highly virulent strain endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa, which has recently experienced an outbreak of extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis. To investigate the causes and evolution of drug-resistance, we determined the DN...

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Main Authors: Thomas R Ioerger, Sunwoo Koo, Eun-Gyu No, Xiaohua Chen, Michelle H Larsen, William R Jacobs, Manormoney Pillay, A Willem Sturm, James C Sacchettini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2767505?pdf=render