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Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tehran, Iran by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Apr 2016
Feyisa Seifu Gizaw, Haeili Mehri, Zahednamazi Fatemeh, Mosavari Nader, Taheri Mohammad Mohammad, Hamzehloo Gholamreza, Zamani Samin, Feizabadi Mohammad Mehdi
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INTRODUCTION Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates by DNA fingerprinting has contributed to tuberculosis (TB) control. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of MTB isolates from Tehran province in Iran. METHODS MTB isolates from 60 Iranian and 10 Afghan TB patients were fingerprinted by standard IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and...
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