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A snapshot of the predominant single nucleotide polymorphism cluster groups of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Delhi, India.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2016
Varma-Basil Mandira, Narang Anshika, Chakravorty Soumitesh, Garima Kushal, Gupta Shraddha, Kumar Sharma Naresh, Giri Astha, Zozio Thierry, Couvin David, Hanif Mahmud, Bhatnagar Anuj, Menon Balakrishnan, Niemann Stefan, Rastogi Nalin, Alland David, Bose Mridula
Abstract excerpt
Several attempts have been made to associate phylogenetic differences among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to variations in the clinical outcome of the disease and to drug resistance. We genotyped 139 clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis obtained from patients of pulmonary tuberculosis in North Delhi region. The isolates were analyzed using nine Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, spoligotyping and...
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