Prevalence of ST26 among untreated smear-positive tuberculosis patients from Karachi indicating ongoing transmission

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 714-719

  Shakoor, Sadia ^a   Tanveer, Mahnaz ^a   Rafiq, Yasraba ^a   Hasan, Zahra ^a   Javed, Arshad ^b   Rizvi, Nadeem ^c   Rehman, Nadeem ^d   Hasan, Rumina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d Wyeth (Pvt) Limited   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 72449135385     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540903147019     Document Type: Article

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