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Predominance of ancestral lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in India.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2006
Gutierrez M Cristina, Ahmed Niyaz, Willery Eve, Narayanan Sujatha, Hasnain Seyed E, Chauhan Devendra S, Katoch Vishwa M, Vincent Véronique, Locht Camille, Supply Philip
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Although India has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in India is largely unknown. A collection of 91 isolates originating from 12 different regions spread across the country were analyzed by genotyping using 21 loci with variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs), by spoligotyping, by principal genetic grouping (PGG), and by deletion analysis of...
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