Article
Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a low-endemic setting in northwestern state of Paraná in Southern Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Sept 2010
Noguti Erika Noda, Leite Clarice Queico Fujimura, Malaspina Ana Carolina, Santos Adolfo Carlos Barreto, Hirata Rosário Dominguez Crespo, Hirata Mario Hiroyuki, Mamizuka Elsa Massae, Cardoso Rosilene Fressatti
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to provide information about the genetic diversity and prevalent genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-endemic setting in northwestern state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. We employed spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable num...
Topics
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Brazil
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary