Sökning: "Spoligotyping"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Spoligotyping.

  1. 1. Tuberculosis control in Oman : challenges to elimination

    Författare :Abdullah Al-Maniri; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Tubercolosis Control; Sultanate of Oman; Epidemiology; Elimination; Low Incidence Country; TB Suspicion; TB Knowledge; General Practitioners; Private Health Sector; Immigrants; Molecular Epidemiology; Spoligotyping;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health challenge. More than 1.7 million deaths worldwide in 2007 were attributed to TB. Directly Observed Therapy Short course (DOTS) is the globally recommended strategy for TB control. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Estonia

    Författare :Annika Krüüner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Tuberculosis; Estonia; M. tuberculosis; drug resistance; MDR-TB; Beijing genotype; cross-resistance; kanamycin; amikacin; rrs mutations; 16S rRNA; exposure; nosocomial transmission; mycobacterial persistence; re-infection; DST; second-line drugs; Bactec; 460; DNA fingerprinting; spoligotyping;

    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease patterns among different populations are extremely heterogeneous. This thesis explores mainly by microbiological methods the epidemiology of TB in Estonia. Through the work high rates of drug resistance were found. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Mozambique

    Författare :Sofia Omar Viegas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major health problems in Mozambique. It is estimated that 27,000 deaths caused by TB occur each year with an estimated incidence and prevalence rate of 431 and 504 per 100,000 population respectively. Mozambique ranks 19th on the list of 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Sweden

    Författare :Solomon Ghebremichael; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), is a serious infection in man and animals. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about one third of the world´s population is infected with this organism, around nine million new cases are registered every year and two million people die from the infection. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in Ethiopian children : aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical management

    Författare :Ingela Berggren Palme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Tuberculosis; HIV; Ethiopia; Child; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Molecular epidemiology; BCG; Nutrition; Treatment; Cure rate;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the influence of HIV on childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a high TB and HIV endemic setting. It is based on four studies involving the same study population of 522 tuberculous children and their 25 3 non-tuberculous controls, consecutively enrolled as out- and inpatients at the major paediatric hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. LÄS MER