AI Article Synopsis
- Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs but can also impact other organs like the kidneys, glands, and bones, and is a significant public health issue in Morocco.
- The disease spreads through the air when someone inhales microdroplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze.
- The text discusses the whole-genome shotgun sequences of three multidrug-resistant TB strains that were isolated from patients in Morocco.
Article Abstract
Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that usually attacks the lungs but sometimes attacks other parts of the body, such as the kidneys, glands, and bones. It is an endemic and major public health problem in Morocco. Tuberculosis is transmitted through the airways via the inhalation of microdroplets containing We present here the whole-genome shotgun sequences of three multidrug-resistant strains isolated from Morocco.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690335 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01275-17 | DOI Listing |
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