Prevalence, drug resistance, and genotypic diversity of the RDRio subfamily of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ecuador: a retrospective analysis for years 2012-2016

• Main Authors: Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez (Author), Greta Franco-Sotomayor (Author), Jose Manuel Benitez-Medina (Author), Greta Cardenas-Franco (Author), Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro (Author), Camilo Cardenas-Franco (Author), Juan Luis Aguirre-Martinez (Author), Solon Alberto Orlando (Author), Javier Hermoso de Mendoza (Author), Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionA major sublineage within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) LAM family characterized by a new in-frame fusion gene Rv3346c/55c was discovered in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2007, called RDRio, associated to drug resistance. The few studies about prevalence of MTB RDRio strains in Latin...