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Genetic diversity in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Punjab.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Oct 2008
Sharma R, Kalyani M, Kajal N C, Sarin B C, Sehajpal P K
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SETTING: Two hospitals, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and the TB and Chest Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab. OBJECTIVE: To explore genetic diversity among the clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates prevalent in Punjab. DESIGN: Fifty-six random clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis were cultured from the sputum specimens of pulmonary tuberculosis patients. DNA was extracted from...
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