Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Apr 2014)

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF M. TUBERCULOSIS GENOTYPES FROM BORDER DISTRICTS OF MONGOLIA AND BURYATIA

  • S. N. Zhdanova,
  • O. B. Ogarkov,
  • A. D. Molonov,
  • M. V. Badleeva,
  • L. S. Untanova,
  • E. D. Savilov,
  • Y. A. Baranova,
  • L. V. Teykhrib,
  • P. V. Kornilova

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 2
pp. 63 – 66

Abstract

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MIRU-VNTR genetic polymorphism of 156 strains of M. tuberculosis was studied. On the background of significant presence of Beijing genotype strains (44/57 (77,2 %)) we discovered prevalence of epidemically significant Beijing subtype MIT17 (29/44 (65,9 %)) in patients from Mongolia.

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