High diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Central Asian Strain isolates in Nepal

High diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Central Asian Strain isolates in Nepal

Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) poses a major public health problem in Nepal. Although it has been reported as one of the dominant genotypes of MTB in Nepal, little information on the Central Asian Strain (CAS) family is available, especially isolates related...

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Main Authors: Yogendra Shah, Bhagwan Maharjan, Jeewan Thapa, Ajay Poudel, Hassan Mahmoud Diab, Basu Dev Pandey, Eddie S. Solo, Norikazu Isoda, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Chie Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Multidrug-resistant TB
CAS family
MIRU-VNTR
Nepal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217301649

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