Article
Spatial clustering and genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate among pulmonary tuberculosis suspected patients, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 30 Jun 2021
Tafess Ketema, Beyen Teresa Kisi, Girma Sisay, Girma Asnakech, Siu Gilman
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a serious public health concern globally. The enormous social, economic, and health impacts of the diseases are attributed to the lack of updated data on the prevalence, geospatial distribution, population structures, and genotypic variants of the circulating M. t...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Cluster Analysis
- Ethiopia
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Multivariate Analysis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction