Open AccessPrevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements in Gulbarga, South India
Author(s) -
Philip Raj Abraham,
Aradhana Chauhan,
Ravindranath Gangane,
V D Sharma,
Channappa T. Shivannavar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of mycobacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2212-554X
pISSN - 2212-5531
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2013.09.003
Subject(s) - insertion sequence , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , dna transposable elements , medicine , veterinary medicine , virology , biology , genetics , gene , genome , pathology , transposable element
This study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by insertion sequence 6110 (IS6110) based DNA fingerprinting method in Gulbarga district belonging to the southern part of India. Results showed that among the 52 M. tuberculosis isolates studied, 57.7% exhibited more than 5 copies of IS6110 showing the prevalence of M. tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements.
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