Predominance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EAI and Beijing lineages in Yangon, Myanmar

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-344

  Phyu, Sabai ^a,d   Stavrum, Ruth ^a,b   Lwin, Thandar ^c   Svendsen, Øyvind S ^b   Ti, Ti ^c   Grewal, Harleen M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c National TB Control Program   (Myanmar)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPOSON;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 60849121930     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01812-08     Document Type: Article

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