Genotypic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in the Multiethnic Area of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China

Objectives. We studied the genetic diversity of clinical isolates from patients with tuberculosis in the multiethnic area of Xinjiang autonomous region in China. A total of 311 clinical M. tuberculosis isolates were collected in 2006 and 2011 and genotyped by two genotyping methods. All isolates wer...

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Main Authors: Jie Liu, Junlian Li, Jiao Liu, Xiuqin Zhao, Lulu Lian, Haican Liu, Bing Lu, Qin Yu, Jingrui Zhang, Yingcheng Qi, Kanglin Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3179535