Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes circulating in the Lebanese population: a retrospective study.

Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Lebanon on the national level may be beneficial for assessing patients and monitoring the therapeutic response to DOTS. This study aimed to characterize the spoligotypes of clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis patients collected between April 2004 and October...

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Published in:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 119 - 125
Main Authors: Bedrossian, N., Hamze, M., Rahmo, A. K., Jurjus, A., Saliba, J., Dabboussi, F., Karam, W.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization 2013
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