Article
Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Central Asian Strain 1 using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit genotyping.
BMC microbiology - 9 Aug 2007
Ali Asho, Hasan Zahra, Tanveer Mahnaz, Siddiqui Amna R, Ghebremichael Solomon, Kallenius Gunilla, Hasan Rumina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Central Asian Strain 1 (CAS1) genogroup of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the most prevalent in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing is a reliable and reproducible method for differentiation of MTB isolates. However, information of its utility in determining the diversity of CAS1 strain is limited. We...
Topics
- Alleles
- Genome, Bacterial
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pakistan
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sensitivity and Specificity