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| Title |
Molecular detection and characterization of resistant genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from DNA isolated from tuberculosis patients in the Eastern Cape province South Africa
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-14-479 |
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| Authors |
Nolwazi L Bhembe, Uchechukwu U Nwodo, Sharlene Govender, Cindy Hayes, Roland N Ndip, Anthony I Okoh, Ezekiel Green |
| Abstract |
Tuberculosis (TB) in both animals and humans is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) primarily transmitted by inhalation of aerosolized droplets containing the organism. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) and extensive drug resistance (XDR) are evolutionary features of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to subvert the antibiotic regimes in place. The heavy burden of TB worsened by HIV endemic in South Africa motivated for the investigation of MTBC prevalence among TB patients in Port Elizabeth and the amplification and sequencing of the DNA amplicons known to confer resistance to TB drugs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 117 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 18% |
| Researcher | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 33 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2014.
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