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First molecular epidemiology study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Burkina Faso.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Godreuil S, Torrea G, Terru D, Chevenet F, Diagbouga S, Supply P, Van de Perre P, Carriere C, Bañuls A L
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a molecular epidemiology study on 120 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Burkina Faso. Classical antibiogram studies and genetic characterization, using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing and spoligotyping, were applied after culture. Molecular analysis of specific signatures showed that...
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