Strain classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Brazil based on genotypes obtained by spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit typing and the presence of large sequence and single nucleotide polymorphism.

Strain classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Brazil based on genotypes obtained by spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit typing and the presence of large sequence and single nucleotide polymorphism.

Rio de Janeiro is endemic for tuberculosis (TB) and presents the second largest prevalence of the disease in Brazil. Here, we present the bacterial population structure of 218 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, derived from 186 patients that were diagnosed between January 2008 and December 2009...

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Main Authors: Sidra E G Vasconcellos, Chyntia Carolina Acosta, Lia Lima Gomes, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Karla Valéria Lima, Marcelo Ivens de Araujo, Maria de Lourdes Leite, Flávio Tannure, Paulo Cesar de Souza Caldas, Harrison M Gomes, Adalberto Rezende Santos, Michel K Gomgnimbou, Christophe Sola, David Couvin, Nalin Rastogi, Neio Boechat, Philip Noel Suffys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107747

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