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A molecular epidemiological and genetic diversity study of tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nnewi and Abuja, Nigeria.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lawson Lovett, Zhang Jian, Gomgnimbou Michel K, Abdurrahman Saddiq T, Le Moullec Stéphanie, Mohamed Fatima, Uzoewulu Gertrude N, Sogaolu Olumide M, Goh Khye Seng, Emenyonu Nnamdi, Refrégier Guislaine, Cuevas Luis E, Sola Christophe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nigeria has the tenth highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) among the 22 TB high-burden countries in the world. This study describes the biodiversity and epidemiology of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB in Ibadan, Nnewi and Abuja, using 409 DNAs extracted from culture positive TB isolates. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: DNAs extracted from clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex...
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