Ponce de León A, Kato MM

Language: Spanish
References: 31
Page: 72-76
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ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is considered by World Health Organization as one of the public health problems that need to be solved with more urgency. With the arrival of new methods, mainly those using molecular techniques, research areas have been opened, which have established new concepts about infection transmission dynamic. This article describes factors must be considered in the interpretation of findings of type-techniques of Mycobacterium tubercolosis.

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