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Molecular epidemiology of HIV-associated tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: strain predominance, clustering, and polyclonal disease.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Adams Lisa V, Kreiswirth Barry N, Arbeit Robert D, Soini Hanna, Mtei Lillian, Matee Mecky, Bakari Muhammad, Lahey Timothy, Wieland-Alter Wendy, Shashkina Elena, Kurepina Natalia, Driscoll Jeffrey R, Pallangyo Kisali, Horsburgh C Robert, von Reyn C Fordham
Abstract excerpt
Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be used to elucidate the epidemiology of tuberculosis, including the rates of clustering, the frequency of polyclonal disease, and the distribution of genotypic families. We performed IS6110 typing and spoligotyping on M. tuberculosis strains isolated from HIV-infected subjects at baseline or during follow-up in the DarDar Trial in Tanzania and on selected...
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