Spoligotype Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis over Two Decades from Tiruvallur, South India

Geographically, most tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2018 were reported from India. This TB burden is compounded by MDR-TB and XDR-TB. The strategies for the management and control of TB in the community depend on an understanding of the mode of spread of the different strains of TB isolates in the commu...

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Main Authors: S. Siva Kumar, S. Ashok Kumar, Gomathi Sekar, K. Devika, M. Bhasker, S. Sriram, C. K. Dolla, Pradeep Aravindan Menon, Srikanth Prasad Tripathy, P. R. Narayanan, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Sujatha Narayanan, Rajesh Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8841512