Open AccessGenetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Northwest Ethiopia reveals a predominance of East-African-Indian and Euro-American lineages
Author(s) -
Mebrat Ejo,
Gabriela Torrea,
Cécile Uwizeye,
Meseret Kassa,
Yilak Girma,
Tiruzer Bekele,
Yilkal Ademe,
Ermias Diro,
Florian Gehre,
Leen Rigouts,
Bouke C. de Jong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.129
Subject(s) - mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , rifampicin , isoniazid , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , genotype , virology , population , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , genetics , pathology , gene , environmental health
This study described the population structure of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBc) strains among patients with pulmonary or lymph node tuberculosis (TB) in Northwest Ethiopia and tested the performance of culture isolation and MPT64-based speciation for Lineage 7 (L7).
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