Article
Molecular & genetic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in the southern part of West Siberia.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Jul 2017
Pasechnik Oksana, Dymova Maya Alexandrovna, Stasenko Vladimir Leonidovich, Blokh Aleksey Igorevich, Tatarintseva Marina Petrovna, Kolesnikova Lyubov Pavlovna, Filipenko Maksim Leonidovich
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: A complicated epidemiological situation characterized by significantly high tuberculosis (TB) morbidity is observed in West Siberia. This study was aimed to investigate the genetic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in the southern part of West Sibe...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Siberia
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
