Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotypes circulating in Nigeria based on spoligotyping obtained from Ziehl-Neelsen stained slides extracted DNA.

• Main Authors: Barbara Molina-Moya (Author), Michel K Gomgnimbou (Author), Lizania Spinasse (Author), Joshua Obasanya (Author), Olanrewaju Oladimeji (Author), Russell Dacombe (Author), Thomas Edwards (Author), Xavier-Olessa Daragon (Author), Lovett Lawson (Author), Saddiq T Abdurrahman (Author), Luis E Cuevas (Author), Jose Dominguez (Author), Christophe Sola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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All State TB control programmes in Nigeria were requested to submit 25-50 smear-positive Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stained slides for screening during 2013-2014. DNA was extracted from 929 slides for spoligotyping and drug-resistance analysis using microbead-based flow-cytometry suspension arrays.Spoligoty...