Open AccessGenetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from central India
Author(s) -
Prabha Desikan,
D. S. Chauhan,
Pragya Sharma,
Nikita Panwalkar,
Manju Chourey,
Mohan Lal Patidar,
Priyanka Yadav,
Venkatesh Chandrasekaran,
B S Ohri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/0971-5916.184287
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , genetic diversity , typing , biology , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , genotype , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , medicine , gene , population , pathology , environmental health
There is a paucity of data available on genetic biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from central India. The present study was carried out on isolates of M. tuberculosis cultured from diagnostic clinical samples of patients from Bhopal, central India, using spoligotyping as a method of molecular typing.