Article
Genetic diversity among Mycobacterium avium complex strains recovered from children with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 1998
Swanson D S, Pan X, Kline M W, McKinney R E, Yogev R, Lewis L L, Brady M T, McSherry G D, Dankner W M, Musser J M
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections in children with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were evaluated. Isolates recovered from 136 children were subtyped by sequence analysis of a 360-bp region of the gene (hsp65)...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chaperonin 60
- Chaperonins
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Infant