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. 2020 Mar:20:225-227.
doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.12.017. Epub 2019 Dec 30.

Emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Malawi

Joseph M Lewis  1 , Rebecca Lester  2 , Madalitso Mphasa  3 , Rachel Banda  3 , Thomas Edwards  4 , Nicholas R Thomson  5 , Nicholas Feasey  2
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Emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Malawi

Joseph M Lewis et al. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Mar.
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Plasmid pNDM_MGR194 annotated with gene names; location of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified in the Malawian plasmid shown in inner ring as lines. NDM-5 gene highlighted. 3 SNPs are so close together in the tnpA gene, bottom right, that they are overplotted.
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