POPULATION-GENETICS OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX IN SCOTLAND ANALYZED BY PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS

被引:10
作者
OLSON, ES
FORBES, KJ
WATT, B
PENNINGTON, TH
机构
[1] UNIV ABERDEEN,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,ABERDEEN AB9 2ZD,SCOTLAND
[2] CITY HOSP EDINBURGH,SCOTTISH MYCOBACTERIA REFERENCE LAB,EDINBURGH EH10 5SB,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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D O I
10.1017/S0950268800052006
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The results of typing of 121 strains in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by PFGE are presented. Every isolate from patients in Scotland over a S-month period for M. tuberculosis and for 1 year for M. bovis were included along with several laboratory strains including those of BCG. The PFGE results suggest that the population structure of all the strains in this complex is distinctly simple with limited genetic diversity and also suggest that M. bovis is not a distinct species.
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页码:153 / 160
页数:8
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