Article
Genetic analysis of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Ural region, Russian Federation, by MIRU-VNTR genotyping.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2005
Kovalev S Y, Kamaev E Y, Kravchenko M A, Kurepina N E, Skorniakov S N
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: The Ural region in Russia is one of the areas most affected by a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB). Molecular epidemiological studies able to trace Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission are of particular significance. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the population of M. tuberculosis strains circulating in the Ural region, to detect the predominant genotypes and to evaluate their phylogenetic relationship...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
- Male