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Experimental evidence for limited in vivo virulence of Mycobacterium africanum
Cá, Baltazar; Fonseca, Kaori L; Sousa, Jeremy; Maceiras, Ana Raquel; Machado, Diana; Sanca, Lilica; Rabna, Paulo; Rodrigues, Pedro N S; Viveiros, MiguelFunding Information: The authors thank the excellent support from the i3S scientific platforms, namely Animal Facility and Translational Cytometry. Funding. This work was supported by Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional funds through the COMPETE 2020 ? Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), Portugal 2020, and by Portuguese funds through Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecno...
Direct detection by the xpert MTB/RIF assay and characterization of multi and p...
Rabna, Paulo; Ramos, Jorge; Ponce, Gema; Sanca, Lilica; Mané, Morto; Armada, Ana; Machado, Diana; Vieira, Fina; Gomes, Victor F.; Martins, ElisabetePMID:26017968 WOS:000355185600088; Background This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the rapid direct detection of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains and rifampicin resistance associated mutations in a resource-limited setting such as Guinea-Bissau and its implications in the management of tuberculosis (TB) and drug resistant tuberculosis, complementing the scarce informa...