Article
Molecular snapshot of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from the Plateau State, Nigeria.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Bakuła Zofia, Wuyep Valentine B, Bartocha Łukasz, Vyazovaya Anna, Ikeh Eugene I, Bielecki Jacek, Mokrousov Igor, Jagielski Tomasz
Abstract excerpt
Nigeria ranks 1st in Africa and 6th globally with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). However, only a relatively few studies have addressed the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in this country. The aim of this work was to analyze the genetic structure of drug-resistant (DR) M. tuberculosis population in the Plateau State (central Nigeria), with the results placed in the broader context of...
Topics
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Nigeria
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
