title: Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements in Gulbarga, South India.
abstract: This study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by insertion sequence 6110 (IS6110) based DNA fingerprinting method in Gulbarga district belonging to the southern part of India. Results showed that among the 52 M. tuberculosis isolates studied, 57.7% exhibited more than 5 copies of IS6110 showing the prevalence of M. tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, India.
authors.forename: Philip Raj
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, PO Box No. 1101, Tajganj, Agra 282 001, India.
authors.forename: Aradhana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga 585 105, India.
authors.forename: Ravindranath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gangane
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, PO Box No. 1101, Tajganj, Agra 282 001, India.
authors.forename: Vishnu Datta
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, India. Electronic address: ctshiv@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Channappa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shivannavar
keywords: Gulbarga; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RFLP