Molecular epidemiology and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among HIV positive and HIV negative tuberculosis patients in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The aims of this study were (i) to investigate the recovery rate of M. tuberculosis from smear positive single morning sputum specimens subjected to long-term storage at -20°C, (ii) to assess the level and risk factors for first- and second-...
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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
2012
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| Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91937 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91937 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/9193/Dissertation%20liberary%20pdf.pdf |