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Tuberculosis
Researchers at Makerere University, Medical Department have published new data on tuberculosis
May 13th, 2008
According to recent research from Kampala, Uganda, "Rubaga Division, Kampala, Uganda. To use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based regions of difference (RD) analysis to study the species diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from a community-based sample of tuberculosis (TB) patients from Rubaga and to perform long sequence polymorphism (LSP) analysis to further characterise the M. tuberculosis Uganda genotype, a group of strains previously recognised by their characteristic spoligotype patterns." "For the present study, 344 consecutive TB patients attending clinics in Rubaga Division were enrolled. Sample processing and culture were performed at the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-13)
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