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Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 2013
Yimer Solomon A, Hailu Elena, Derese Yohannes, Bjune Gunnar A, Holm-Hansen Carol
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to characterize Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Sputum samples were collected from new pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Region. Genotyping of mycobacterial DNA was performed by spoligotyping and isolates were assigned to families using the SpolDB4 and the model-based program 'Spotclust'. A high level of diversity was found...
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