Article
Strain diversity and relative transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in south coastal Karnataka, India.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Aug 2018
Chawla K, Kumar A, Shenoy V P, Chauhan D S, Sharma P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are no published reports on the strain diversity and relative transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in Karnataka State, India. OBJECTIVE: To explore the strain diversity of M. tuberculosis isolates and their relative transmission in south coastal Karnataka using spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR)...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis