Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex by 24-Locus Based MIRU-VNTR Typing in Conjunction with Spoligotyping to Assess Genetic Diversity of Strains Circulating in Morocco

• Nada Bouklata ,

  * E-mail: bouklatanada@gmail.com

  Affiliations National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco, Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

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• Philip Supply,

  Affiliations INSERMU1018, Lille, France, CNRS UMR8204, Lille, France, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL), Institut Pasteur de Lille, France, Université de Lille, Lille, France, Genoscreen, Lille, France

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• Sanae Jaouhari,

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco

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• Reda Charof,

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco

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• Fouad Seghrouchni,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Immunology, Department of Immunology, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco

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• Khalid Sadki,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

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• Youness El Achhab,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fes, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdillah University, Fes, Morocco

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• Chakib Nejjari,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fes, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdillah University, Fes, Morocco

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• Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

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• Ouafae Lahlou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ouafae Lahlou, Rajae El Aouad

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco

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• Rajae El Aouad

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ouafae Lahlou, Rajae El Aouad

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Management System Health, University Mohamed VI of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, Morocco

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