TY - JOUR
T1 - Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Pakistan
AU - Hasan, Rumina
AU - Jabeen, Kauser
AU - Ali, Asho
AU - Rafiq, Yasraba
AU - Laiq, Rabia
AU - Malik, Babar
AU - Tanveer, Mahnaz
AU - Groenheit, Ramona
AU - Ghebremichael, Solomon
AU - Hoffner, Sven
AU - Hasan, Zahra
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Frequency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan increased from 1.5% in 2006 to 4.5% in 2009 (p<0.01). To understand the epidemiology, we genotyped selected strains by using spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats, and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
AB - Frequency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan increased from 1.5% in 2006 to 4.5% in 2009 (p<0.01). To understand the epidemiology, we genotyped selected strains by using spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats, and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956027825&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1609.100280
DO - 10.3201/eid1609.100280
M3 - Article
C2 - 20735937
AN - SCOPUS:77956027825
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 16
SP - 1473
EP - 1475
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -
