Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis in the southern ecological zones of Cameroon, as shown by genetic analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Assam, Jean Paul A ^a,b   Beng, Véronique P ^b   Cho Ngwa, Fidelis ^a   Toukam, Michel ^b   Ngoh, Ane Anyangwe I ^a   Kitavi, Mercy ^c   Nzuki, Inoster ^c   Nyonka, Juliette N ^a   Tata, Emilienne ^a   Tedom, Jean C ^b   Skilton, Robert A ^c   Pelle, Roger ^d   Titanji, Vincent P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cameroon; MIRU VNTR; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMEROON; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNIT VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAVANNA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPOLIGOTYPING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883662777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-431     Document Type: Article

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