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Predominace of a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype in the Delhi region of India.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2002
Bhanu N Vijaya, van Soolingen D, van Embden J D A, Dar L, Pandey R M, Seth P
Abstract excerpt
Using IS 6110 -restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and spoligotyping, genetic variations of 83 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from tuberculosis patients from two wards in a hospital in Delhi and a rural chest clinic near Delhi were analysed. The vast majority of the isolates (75%) were closely related and this novel genogroup was designated the 'Delhi type'. Both drug-sensitive and...
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