Article
[Clusters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes in Odesa Region].
Mikrobiolohichnyi zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1993) - 1 Jan 2000
Antonenko P B, Kresyun V I, Antonenko K O
Abstract excerpt
It has been studied a genotype of 104 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, obtained from sputum of patients with tuberculosis (TB), via detection of six loci VNTR (Variable Number Tandem Repeats), which are characterized by highest polymorphism - MIRU10, MIRU26, MIRU31, MIRU39, MIRU40, ETR-A. According to received data in Odesa region one can see further increasing of spreading of Beijing family strains that...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Sputum
- Tuberculosis
- Ukraine
