Predominant tuberculosis spoligotypes, Delhi, India.
One hundred five Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the Delhi area were typed by spoligotyping; 45 patterns were identified. Comparison with an international spoligotype database showed type 26, Delhi type (22%), type 54 (12%), and type 1, Beijing type (8%), as the most common. Eighteen spoligotypes did not match any existing database pattern.
Singh
Urvashi Balbir
UB
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. urvashi00@hotmaiol.com
Suresh
Naga
N
Bhanu
N Vijaya
NV
Arora
Jyoti
J
Pant
Hema
H
Sinha
Sanjeev
S
Aggarwal
Ram Charan
RC
Singh
Sushma
S
Pande
Jitendra Nath
JN
Sola
Christophe
C
Rastogi
Nalin
N
Seth
Pradeep
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial