Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Potentially Involved in the TB Epidemic in Sweden a Century Ago

A hundred years ago the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in Sweden was one of the highest in the world. In this study we conducted a population-based search for distinct strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from patients born in Sweden before 1945. Many of these isolates represent t...

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Main Authors: Groenheit, Ramona, Ghebremichael, Solomon, Pennhag, Alexandra, Jonsson, Jerker, Hoffner, Sven, Couvin, David, Koivula, Tuija, Rastogi, Nalin, Källenius, Gunilla
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466202/