title: [Molecular typing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in central Russia: efficiency of spoligotyping and VNTR-MIRU].
abstract: Current problems of molecular epidemiology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Samara Region, Russia are discussed. A total of 190 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were typed using two PCR-based molecular methods. The cultures were isolated from civil and prison patients with pulmonary tuberculosis recruited from different tuberculosis institutions across the Samara region. The usefulness of spoligotyping and 15-locii VNTR-MIRU was assessed for genotyping of Mycobacterium in population with high prevalence of Beijing strains (67.9%) using statistical analyses that included calculation of Hunter-Gaston index. The VNTR-MIRU method was demonstrated to be more efficient and was characterized by higher discrimination (index 0.747) compare to spoligotyping (index 0.572). VNTR-MIRU loci 10, 26, 31, 39, 40 and ETR-A were mostly polymorphic and therefore recommended for use in screening. It could be performed by manual electrophoresid, provided that automated sequencing is not available.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nikolaevskiĭ
authors.forename: Ia M
authors.initials: IaM
authors.lastname: Balabanova
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Drobniewski
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Fedorin
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology