Spoligotyping-based molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from Metahara sugar factory workers in Central Ethiopia [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundUnderstanding the genetic makeup of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains is crucial, as lineage differences influence transmissibility, pathogenicity, and drug resistance patterns, all of which are essential for understanding MTBC ...
Tilahun Bogale +6 more
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Immunogenic Mycobacterium africanum Strains Associated with Ongoing Transmission in The Gambia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 In West Africa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains co-circulate with M. africanum, and both pathogens cause pulmonary tuberculosis in humans. Given recent findings that M.
Florian Gehre +12 more
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Spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeat analysis of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from cattle in Brazil [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 We performed spoligotyping and 12-mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTRs) typing to characterise Mycobacterium bovis isolates collected from tissue samples of bovines with lesions suggestive for tuberculosis
Patrícia Martins Parreiras +11 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020 Introduction: MIRU-VNTR typing and Spoligotyping are the useful molecular tools for TB epidemiology study. Information regarding genetic diversity and tuberculosis (TB) transmission in Upper Myanmar only is scares.
Waing Waing Moe Sann +6 more
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A first insight into tuberculosis transmission at the border of Ecuador and Colombia: a retrospective study of the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Esmeraldas province [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveTuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in Ecuador and Colombia, considering that both countries are high-burden TB settings. Molecular epidemiology is crucial to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez +12 more
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First insights into the phylogenetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Nepal [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Nepal. Strain variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis may influence the outcome of TB infection and disease. To date, the phylogenetic diversity of M.
A Sandgren +67 more
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Single-tube protocol for culture-independent spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on MeltArray. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2023 Xia Z +6 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 To tackle the spread of tuberculosis (TB), epidemiological studies are undertaken worldwide to investigate TB transmission chains. Clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) locus diversity, also called spoligotyping, is a widely
Charlotte Genestet +7 more
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Antibiotics, 2023 Rapid and accurate detection of tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance is critical for the successful treatment and control of TB. Here, we investigated resistance to anti-TB drugs and genetic variations in 215 drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Se-Mi Jeon +6 more
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Spoligotyping of tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans and cattle
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020 Objective: to analyze the species and genetic families of tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans and cattle by spoligotyping.Subjects and methods.
N. I. Khаmmаdov +5 more
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