Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from iranian and afghani patients by spoligotyping method Caracterização do complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolado de pacientes do Irã e Afeganistão pelo método de spoligotyping

Designing newer drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic techniques is dependent on better understanding of M. tuberculosis virulence mechanism. In this study the prevalence of pcaA gene was determined in M. tuberculosis strains typed by spoligotyping. The associated risk factors among patients with differen...

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Main Authors: Rashid Ramazanzadeh, Parisa Farnia, Nour Amirmozafari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2009-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000200019