The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Clinical Isolates from Sputum Samples in the Eastern Region of China

Yan Shao; Cheng Chen; Honghuan Song; Guoli Li; Qiao Liu; Yan Li; Limei Zhu; Leonardo Martinez; Wei Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003623

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The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Clinical Isolates from Sputum Samples in the Eastern Region of China

Yan Shao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Shao, Cheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Cheng Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Shao, Cheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Honghuan Song,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Guoli Li,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Qiao Liu,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Yan Li,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Limei Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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Leonardo Martinez,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia School of Public Health, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Wei Lu

* E-mail: maimai9947@163.com

Affiliation Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Clinical Isolates from Sputum Samples in the Eastern Region of China

Yan Shao,
Cheng Chen,
Honghuan Song,
Guoli Li,
Qiao Liu,
Yan Li,
Limei Zhu,
Leonardo Martinez,
Wei Lu

Published: March 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003623

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