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Predominant tuberculosis spoligotypes, Delhi, India.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2004
Singh Urvashi Balbir, Suresh Naga, Bhanu N Vijaya, Arora Jyoti, Pant Hema, Sinha Sanjeev, Aggarwal Ram Charan, Singh Sushma, Pande Jitendra Nath, Sola Christophe, Rastogi Nalin, Seth Pradeep
Abstract excerpt
One hundred five Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the Delhi area were typed by spoligotyping; 45 patterns were identified. Comparison with an international spoligotype database showed type 26, Delhi type (22%), type 54 (12%), and type 1, Beijing type (8%), as the most common. Eighteen spoligotypes did not match any existing database pattern.
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