A molecular epidemiological and genetic diversity study of tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nnewi and Abuja, Nigeria.

A molecular epidemiological and genetic diversity study of tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nnewi and Abuja, Nigeria.

BACKGROUND: Nigeria has the tenth highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) among the 22 TB high-burden countries in the world. This study describes the biodiversity and epidemiology of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB in Ibadan, Nnewi and Abuja, using 409 DNAs extracted from culture positive TB iso...

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Main Authors: Lovett Lawson, Jian Zhang, Michel K Gomgnimbou, Saddiq T Abdurrahman, Stéphanie Le Moullec, Fatima Mohamed, Gertrude N Uzoewulu, Olumide M Sogaolu, Khye Seng Goh, Nnamdi Emenyonu, Guislaine Refrégier, Luis E Cuevas, Christophe Sola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3377642?pdf=render

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