Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Apr 2014)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF M. TUBERCULOSIS GENOTYPES FROM BORDER DISTRICTS OF MONGOLIA AND BURYATIA
Abstract
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.