Article
Strain diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Afar pastoral region of Ethiopia.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Belay Mulugeta, Ameni Gobena, Bjune Gunnar, Couvin David, Rastogi Nalin, Abebe Fekadu
Abstract excerpt
Data on genotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is important to understand its epidemiology, human adaptation, clinical phenotypes, and drug resistance. This study aimed to characterize MTBC clinical isolates circulating in a predominantly pastoralist area in Ethiopia, a...
Topics
- Adult
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Databases, Factual
- Ethiopia
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity
- Sputum
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Young Adult