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A systematic review of East African-Indian family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil
Provedor de dados: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autores: Duarte,Tonya Azevedo; Nery,Joilda Silva; Boechat,Neio; Pereira,Susan Martins; Simonsen,Vera; Oliveira,Martha; Gomes,Maria Gabriela Miranda; Penha-Gonçalves,Carlos; Barreto,Mauricio Lima; Barbosa,Theolis.
ABSTRACT  Introduction: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis East African-Indian (EAI) spoligotyping family (belonging to lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, defined by the region of deletion RD239) is distributed worldwide, but is more prevalent in Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa. Studies in Latin America have rarely identified EAI. In this study, we describe the occurrence of the EAI family in Brazil.  Methods: EAI was identified in a systematic literature review of genetic diversity studies pertaining to M. tuberculosis in Brazil, as well as in a survey conducted in Salvador, Bahia, located in the northeastern region of this country.  Results: The EAI6-BGD1 spoligotyping family and the EAI5 Spoligotype International Type (SIT) 1983 clade were the most frequently...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Phylogeography; Genotyping; Epidemiology.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000300317