Mycobacterium tuberculosis Uganda genotype is the predominant cause of TB in Kampala, Uganda

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Asiimwe, B B ^a,b   Koivula, T ^c   Kallenius G ^c   Huard, R C ^d   Ghebremichael, S ^c   Asiimwe, J ^a   Joloba, Moses L ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; Species; Sub lineage; Uganda genotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONG SEQUENCE POLYMORPHISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS SENSU STRICTO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 41949112868     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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