Modern lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Implications for the tuberculosis control programe

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-344

  Mihret, A ^a   Bekele, Y ^a   Aytenew, M ^a   Assefa, Y ^a   Abebe, M ^a   Wassie, L ^a   Loxton, G A ^a   Yamuah, L ^a   Aseffa, A ^a   Walzl, G ^b   Howe, R ^c  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genotype; Mycobacterium; Recent transmission; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERN LINEAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPOLIGOTYPING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM; RECENT TRANSMISSION; SPOLIGOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872441321     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.15     Document Type: Article

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