Article
MIRU-VNTR analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from three provinces of Iran.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2013
Zamani Samin, Aflaki Moloud, Fooladi Abbas Ali Imani, Darban-Sarokhalil Davood, Bameri Zakaria, Khazaee Sedigheh, Nasiri Mohammad Javad, Feizabadi Mohammad Mehdi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Iran borders 2 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries to the east, and has the highest rates of TB in one of its eastern provinces. Limited information is available on the genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in Iran. To examine the genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of MTB strains we genotyped a collection of isolates from different parts of Iran....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
- Iran
- Male
