Article
[Mycobacterium tuberculosis: spoligotypes in the Carabobo state, Venezuela].
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia - 1 Oct 2008
Sequera C Mónica, Delgado S Víctor, Araque M Wolfan, Torrealba O Mariela, Núñez M Raimunda, Da Mata J Omaira, Abadía P Edgar, Takiff Howard, De Waard Jacobus
Abstract excerpt
In order to study the genetic variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in the Carabobo State at Venezuela, 317 strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from patients living in different health districts whose acid fast smears were positive, were included. Each strain was characterized by spoligotyping and the pattern compared with the national and worldwide SpolDB4.0 databases; 220 isolates (69.4%) were...
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