High Prevalence of Shared International Type 53 among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Retreated Patients from Côte d’Ivoire

• Timothée Ouassa ,

  * E-mail: timouassa@yahoo.fr

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Centre for Diagnosis and Research on AIDS and opportunistic infections, Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Emanuele Borroni,

  Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogen Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Guillaume Yao Loukou,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Hortense Faye-Kette,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Jacquemin Kouakou,

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Program, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Hervé Menan,

  Affiliation Centre for Diagnosis and Research on AIDS and opportunistic infections, Teaching Hospital of Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Daniela Maria Cirillo

  Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogen Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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