A snapshot of the biodiversity and clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Oman using spoligotyping

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 994 - 1000
• Main Authors: AL-MANIRI, A, SINGH, J. P, AL-RAWAS, O, AL BUSAIDI, S, AL BALUSHI, L, AHMED, I, AL MAHRUQI, S, HAILE, M, DIWAN, V. K, HOFFNER, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris, France IUATLD 01.08.2010; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bacterial diseases; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Cluster Analysis; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Female; Genotype; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; immigrants; India - ethnology; Infectious diseases; M. Tuberculosis; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Oman; Oman - epidemiology; Pneumology; Prevalence; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Retrospective Studies; Spoligotyping; Tb Elimination; Tuberculosis - ethnology; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Tuberculosis - transmission; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Young Adult; Asia; Oman; India; Immigrant; Respiratory disease; Elimination; TB elimination; spoligotyping; Mycobacterial infection; M. tuberculosis; Oman; Infection; Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacteriales; Bacteriosis; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Pneumology; immigrants

SETTINGS: National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Oman.OBJECTIVE: To use spoligotyping to explore the genetic population structure and clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates among nationals and immigrants in Oman.METHODS: Using spo...