Article
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Anambra State, Nigeria.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Mar 2016
Uzoewulu Gertrude N, Lawson Lovett, Nnanna Ibeh S, Rastogi Nalin, Goyal Madhu
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we analyzed Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) genetic diversity in Anambra State, Nigeria based on spoligotyping followed by 5-loci exact tandem repeats (ETRs). Spoligotyping of 180 MTC strains isolated in 2009-2011 from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients led to a total of...
Topics
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Nigeria
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary