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A Microscopic Phenotypic Assay for the Quantification of Intracellular Mycobacteria Adapted for High-throughput/High-content Screening
Published on: January 17, 2014
[Phage typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains coming from Nicaragua (preliminary report)]
C A Jiménez Misas1, J A Valdivia Alvarez, D Mazón Zamora
1Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Abstract:
Fifty Nicaraguan strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were classified with a scheme of 9 specific phages. A preliminary distribution of characteristic phagotypes of the area is reported, with prevalence of phagotype I (intermedial) (66%), presence of phagotype A (34%) and absence of the rest of the types. Inclusions of phagotypes Bo4 and F-o-WJ within the classification scheme, as well as practical usefulness of the technique in studies directed to disease control, are valued.

