| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3405163 | International Journal of Mycobacteriology | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The present study evaluated the ability of MIRU–VNTRs to discriminate Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) clinical isolates belonging to the SIT11/EAI3-IND ancestral genotypic lineage, which is highly prevalent in Kerala, India. Starting from 168 MTB clinical isolates, spoligotyping (discriminatory index of 0.9113) differentiated the strains into 68 distinct patterns, the biggest cluster being SIT11/48 SIT11 (n = 48). The present study shows that 12-loci MIRUs and 3 ETRs allowed an efficient discrimination of these isolates (discriminatory indexes of 0.7819 and 0.5523, respectively).
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Authors
Biljo V. Joseph, Smitha Soman, Véronique Hill, R. Ajay Kumar, Nalin Rastogi, Sathish Mundayoor,