Like in most developing countries, tuberculosis represents a major public health problem in
Morocco. This paper describes the first study combining molecular and conventional …

We conducted a molecular epidemiology study on 120 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
from patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Burkina Faso. Classical antibiogram …

In order to determine the current situation and to evaluate the human to human transmission
ofMycobacterium tuberculosis in Northern France, the genetic polymorphism of strains was …

Background Over the past few years, epidemiologic surveys of tuberculosis have been
strengthened by new biologic technology, in particularly using RFLP (Restriction Fragment …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in
Zaragoza, Spain, over a decade that has seen large social and health changes, including …

Objectives: To characterize by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns, the
distribution of different Mycobacterium tuberculosisstrains isolated consecutively from 75 …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) represents a serious public health problem in Mozambique,
with an estimated incidence rate of 548 cases per 100,000 population in 2011. Information …

Abstract A 2-year, population-based, molecular epidemiological study was conducted in
Milan, Italy, to determine the proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to recent …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2010; 16: 1023–1026 Abstract Djibouti is an East African country with a
high tuberculosis incidence. This study was conducted over a 2‐month period in Djibouti …

Although lower-resource countries have by far the highest burden of tuberculosis,
knowledge of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and genetic diversity in these …