Characterization of M. tuberculosis strains from west African patients by spoligotyping.

doi:10.1016/s1286-4579(99)00243-9

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Characterization of M. tuberculosis strains from west African patients by spoligotyping.

Microbes and infection - 1 Dec 1999

Niang M N, de la Salmoniere Y G, Samb A, Hane A A, Cisse M F, Gicquel B, Perraut R

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Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains was carried out using isolates collected from 69 Senegalese and 20 Ivory Coast tuberculosis patients. These 89 isolates were typed by means of the spoligotyping technique, showing clusterized populations of bacterial strains. In the Senegalese patien...

Topics

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cote d'Ivoire
Genome, Bacterial
Genotype
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Senegal
Tuberculosis

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