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| Author(s): |
Pala Anselmo, Livia Maria
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Conceicao, Emilyn Costa
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Namburete, Evangelina
;
Feliciano, Cinara
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Spindola, Silvana
;
Sola, Christophe
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Bollela, Valdes Roberto
Total Authors: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical; v. 52, p. 4-pg., 2019-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
Introduction: Mozambique is one of three countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), TB/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, and multidrug-resistant TB. We aimed to describe Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes circulating among drug resistant (DR) strains from Beira, Mozambique comparing them with genotypes in the country. Methods: We performed spoligotyping of 79 M. tuberculosis suspected of DR-TB compared all spoligotype patterns published on the international database and PubMed. Results: Both in Beira and Mozambique (n=578), the main clades were Latin-American-Mediterranean, East-African-Indian, Beijing and T, with no extensively DR TB cases. Conclusions: Beira and Mozambique share the same population genetic structure of M. tuberculosis. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/13333-3 - Molecular epidemiology of multidrug resistant tuberculosis through whole genome sequencing |
| Grantee: | Valdes Roberto Bollela |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |