Article
First approach to the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the indigenous population in Puerto Nariño-Amazonas, Colombia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Marín Alejandro Vega, Rastogi Nalin, Couvin David, Mape Viviana, Murcia Martha Isabel
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis affects vulnerable groups to a greater degree, indigenous population among them. OBJECTIVE: To determine molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in an indigenous population through Spoligotyping and 24-loci MIRU-VNTR. METHOD...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colombia
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis