Detection of multiple strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using MIRU-VNTR in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Many studies using DNA fingerprinting to differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains reveal single strains in cultures, suggesting that most disease is caused by infection with a single strain. However, recent studies using molecular epidemiological tools that amplify multiple...

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Autores principales: Dickman, Katherine R, Nabyonga, Lydia, Kateete, David P, Katabazi, Fred A, Asiimwe, Benon B, Mayanja, Harriet K, Okwera, Alphonse, Whalen, Christopher, Joloba, Moses L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-349

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-349

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