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Discriminatory ability of hypervariable variable number tandem repeat loci in population-based analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, London, UK [PDF]

, 2009
To address conflicting results about the stability of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci and their value in prospective molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we conducted a large prospective population-based analysis of all M ...
Brown, T, Drobniewski, FA, Nikolayevskyy, VN, Velji, P   +3 more
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A comparative analysis of molecular genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
SettingTuberculosis Research Laboratory, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD ...
Jitendra Singh, Jitendra Singh, Niti Singh, Gayatri Suresh, Rahul Srivastava, Upasna Aggarwal, Digamber Behera, Digamber Behera, Murali Munisamy, Anvita Gupta Malhotra, Sarman Singh, Sarman Singh, Sarman Singh   +12 more
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The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV [PDF]

, 2008
The current understanding of airborne tuberculosis (TB) transmission is based on classic 1950s studies in which guinea pigs were exposed to air from a tuberculosis ward.
A. Roderick Escombe, Alland, Armando Gonzalez, Balasubramanian, Beggs, Behr, Bock, Bonnet, Borgdorff, Burgos, Calder, Capewell, Carlos Martínez, Carlton A Evans, Catanzaro, Catherine J Noakes, Caviedes, Caviedes, Cox, Cruciani, David A. J Moore, Desjardin, Eduardo Ticona, Escombe, Escombe, Escombe, Espinal, Fennelly, Fennelly, Gandhi, Garcí, Jindani, Jon S Friedland, Kamerbeek, Loudon, Luz Caviedes, Malasky, Marcos Navincopa, Nardell, Palmero, Patricia Sheen, Peter Wilson, Riley, Riley, Riley, Robert H Gilman, Rose, Rouillon, Shamputa, Snider, Sultan, Teixeira, van Soolingen, William Pan   +53 more
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Molecular epidemiology and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in northeastern Mexico

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging disease considered a public health concern. In the present study, we analyzed the epidemiology and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients with pulmonary TB ...
Amador Flores-Aréchiga, José Luis Zacarías-Hernández, Cecilia Gabriela Vázquez-Cortés, Reyes S Tamez-Guerra, Manuel de la O-Cavazos, Lydia Guadalupe Rivera-Morales, Jorge Martín Llaca-Díaz, Jorge Castro-Garza, Néstor Casillas-Vega, José Manuel Vázquez-Guillén, Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla   +10 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage: a naming of the parts [PDF]

, 2005
There have been many reports of groups of related Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains described variously as lineages, families or clades. There is no objective definition of these groupings making it impossible to define relationships between those ...
Bellamy, Bhanu, Bifani, Brosch, Dale, Gillespie, Gillespie, Gillespie, Glynn, Kamerbeek, Kato-Maeda, L. Uiso, Maguire, McHugh, McHugh, Moss, R.D. Gosling, R.J. Shorten, S.H. Gillespie, S.L. Batt, Sola, Supply, T.D. McHugh, van Crevel, van Embden, Yeh   +25 more
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Characterization of Finnish Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Spoligotyping [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003
ABSTRACT The molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Finland was studied by spoligotyping 380 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. The isolates were obtained during a 1-year study period from July 2000 to June 2001 and represented 90% of new M.
Kirsi, Puustinen, Merja, Marjamäki, Nalin, Rastogi, Christophe, Sola, Ingrid, Filliol, Petri, Ruutu, Pekka, Holmström, Matti K, Viljanen, Hanna, Soini   +8 more
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Tuberculosis transmission in the population of patients from the Krakow Region (Poland) based on the epidemiological and molecular methods

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2019
Background: The transmission of tuberculosis may affect the incidence rate of the disease in Poland. Genetic methods are of assistance in tracing the infection transmission, identifying its sources, determining the risk groups, and focusing on the ...
Katarzyna Kruczak, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Monika Kozińska, Grażyna Passak-Stańda, Ewa Niżankowska-Mogilnicka, Krzysztof Sładek   +5 more
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The prevalence, clinical and epidemiological significance of rare genotypes of M. tuberculosis isolated from tuberculosis patients in Saratov Region

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The objective: to identify the role, clinical and epidemiological significance of rare genotypes of M. tuberculosis (MTB) in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Saratov Region.Materials.
T. Yu. Salina, T. I. Morozova
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A robust SNP barcode for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains [PDF]

, 2014
Strain-specific genomic diversity in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is an important factor in pathogenesis that may affect virulence, transmissibility, host response and emergence of drug resistance.
A McKenna, A Stamatakis, B Langmead, B López, B Tessema, CB Ford, D Stucki, DR Zerbino, E Abadia, F Coll, F Coll, G Thwaites, H Li, H Zhang, I Comas, I Filliol, J Felsenstein, J Wang, JH Bates, M Caws, M Kato-Maeda, M Kato-Maeda, N Casali, P Nahid, PF Barnes, PL Lin, R Firdessa, S Feuerriegel, S Gagneux, S Homolka, T Derrien, T Weniger, TA Rado, Y Blouin   +33 more
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Epidemiology of Bovine Tuberculosis and Its Zoonotic Implication in Addis Ababa Milkshed, Central Ethiopia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) continues to be one of the most widely distributed chronic infectious diseases of zoonotic importance, which causes a significant economic loss in animal production.
Begna Tulu, Begna Tulu, Aboma Zewede, Mulugeta Belay, Miserach Zeleke, Mussie Girma, Metasebia Tegegn, Fozia Ibrahim, David A. Jolliffe, Markos Abebe, Taye Tolera Balcha, Balako Gumi, Henny M. Martineau, Adrian R. Martineau, Gobena Ameni, Gobena Ameni   +15 more
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