Abstract
Frequency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan increased from 1.5% in 2006 to 4.5% in 2009 (p<0.01). To understand the epidemiology, we genotyped selected strains by using spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats, and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1473-1475 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |