Article
Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Ndola, Zambia.
BMC infectious diseases - 17 Jun 2010
Mulenga Chanda, Shamputa Isdore C, Mwakazanga David, Kapata Nathan, Portaels Françoise, Rigouts Leen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems in Zambia. However, information about lineages of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates useful for epidemiology investigations is unknown. In this study, we investigated the diversity of MTBC isolates from Ndola, a typical Zambian urbanized city with a documented high HIV prevalence. METHODS: This was part of a prospective cohort study in...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype