The molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Caracas, Venezuela, with IS6110 DNA fingerprinting.
Acta Cient Venez
; 52 Suppl 1: 33-5, 2001.
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In this retrospective study we asses the molecular epidemiological situation of Tuberculosis of the city of Caracas, Venezuela in the year 1994, applying IS6110 DNA Fingerprinting of clinical isolates. Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of sixty-four patients TB patients from all the 5 districts of the city revealed fifty-one distinct IS6110 patterns. Isolates from 20 patients (30%) had fingerprints that were shared with at least one other patient. Based on this sampling we conclude that at least a third of the tuberculosis cases in Caracas in the year 1994 were the result of recent and ongoing transmission, indicating micro-epidemics in the town.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Impressões Digitais de DNA
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Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Cient Venez
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Venezuela
País de publicação:
Venezuela