Research Article: Analysis of Drug-Resistance Characteristics and Genetic Diversity of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Based on Whole-Genome Sequencing on the Hainan Island, China
Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), continues to pose a significant global public health challenge. – In , there were . million new TB cases worldwide, with China accounting for , cases, making it the third highest burden country for TB globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in , there were , cases of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) globally, of which over % were multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), characterized by resistance to both isoniazid and…
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