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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculosis patients in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Mar 2015
Mbugi Erasto V, Katale Bugwesa Z, Siame Keith K, Keyyu Julius D, Kendall Sharon L, Dockrell Hazel M, Streicher Elizabeth M, Michel Anita L, Rweyemamu Mark M, Warren Robin M, Matee Mecky I, van Helden Paul D
Abstract excerpt
This study was part of a larger cross-sectional survey that was evaluating tuberculosis (TB) infection in humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. The study aimed at evaluating the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from TB patients attending health facilities in the Serengeti ecosystem. DNA was extracted from 214 sputum cultures obtained from consecutively...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences