A snapshot of the biodiversity and clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Oman using spoligotyping

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 994-1000

  Al Maniri, Abdullah ^a,b   Singh, J P N ^c   Al Rawas, O ^b   Al Busaidy, S ^c   Al Balushi, L ^c   Ahmed, I ^c   Al Mahruqi, S ^c   Haile, M ^a,d   Diwan, V K ^a   Hoffner, S ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigrants; M. Tuberculosis; Oman; Spoligotyping; TB elimination

Indexed keywords

(1 BUTYLAMINO 3 METHYLBUTYL)(1 PYRROLIDINYL) KETONE; ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOLIGOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954737009     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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