Mathematical models predict that the future of the multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively
drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) epidemic will depend to a large extent on the …

The absence of lateral gene exchange is a characteristic feature defining the genome
evolution and clonal population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Certain of its …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major infectious diseases in the developing
countries. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) remains problematic and emergence …

To inform development of tuberculosis (TB) control strategies, we characterized a total of
2,261 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates by using multiple phenotypic and …

Background Russia is a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country with a high prevalence of
multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB). Molecular assays for detection of MDRTB on …

Currently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of Latin-American Mediterranean (LAM)
family may be detected far beyond the geographic areas that coined its name 15 years ago …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is an
emerging threat to TB control in Ukraine, a country with the third highest XDR TB burden …

Mycobacteria, including most of all MTB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), cause pathogenic
infections in humans and, during the infectious process, are exposed to a range of …

This study aimed to characterize the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
Pskov oblast in northwestern Russia, to view it in the geographical context, to compare drug …

ABSTRACT Latin-American Mediterranean (LAM) family is one of the most significant and
global genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we used the murine model to study …