Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Treatment-experienced Patients from Andhra Pradesh, India
Conclusions: The occurrence of 11.54% Beijing strains in South India is an important finding. High frequency of Isoniazid mono resistance noticed. Spoligotyping along with MIRU-VNTR and SNP typing is the best approach to the identification of strain lineages. No mutation with Antigen85C gene represents, can be used for vaccine candidates.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anagoni Srikar, Banda Venkataramana, Alladi Mohan, PVGK Sarma, Kangjam Rekha Devi, Kanwar Narain, Abhijit Chaudhury Source Type: research
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