Article
IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from northeast South Africa.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition - 1 Mar 2013
Green Ezekiel, Obi Lawrence C, Okoh Anthony I, Nchabeleng Maphoshane, de Villiers Babsie E, Letsoalo Tomas, Hoosen Anwar A, Bessong Pascal O, Ndip Roland N
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a deadly infectious disease affecting millions of people worldwide; 95% of TB cases, with 98% of death occur in developing countries. The situation in South Africa merits special attention. A total of 21,913 sputum specimens of suspected TB patients from three provinces...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
