Article
Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Cross River State, Nigeria.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Thumamo Benjamin P, Asuquo Anne E, Abia-Bassey Lydia N, Lawson Lovett, Hill Véronique, Zozio Thierry, Emenyonu Nnamdi, Eko Francis O, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
This study provides with a first insight on Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex epidemiology and genetic diversity in the Cross River State, Nigeria. Starting with 137 smear positive patients recruited over a period of 12months (June 2008 to May 2009), we obtained 97 pure mycobacterial isolates out of which 81 (83.5%) were identified as M. tuberculosis complex. Genotyping revealed a total of 27 spoligotypes...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Middle Aged