IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from East Azerbaijan Province of Iran

To investigate the genetic variation among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran and to evaluate the level of and risk factors for recent transmission of tuberculosis (TB), we performed IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of strains, i...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Asgharzadeh, Karen Shahbabian, Jafar Majidi, Ahmad Mirza Aghazadeh, Cirus Amini, Ali Reza Jahantabi, Abdolnaser Rafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000500006