Transmission of MDR-TB by a Haarlem genotype mycobacterium tuberculosis strain among native Greeks

S. Tsikrika, P. Ioannidis, D. Papaventsis, A. Papavasileiou, S. Karabela, I. Marinou, E. Konstantinidou, A. Skouroglou, J. De Beer, M. Stone, D. van Soolingen, F. Drobniewski, K. Kostantinou, K. Kostantinou, E. Vogiatzakis (Athens, Greece; Bilthoven, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis: clinical epidemiology and public health
Session: Tuberculosis: clinical epidemiology and public health
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4685
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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