Molecular Characterization of Environmental Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Using PCR- RFLP Analysis of 441 Bp Heat Shock Protein 65 Fragments

Background: Non- Tuberculous Mycobacteria are environmental opportunistic pathogens that can be found in various terrestrial and aquatic habitats. There are an epidemiological links between species isolated in tap water and those isolated from patients. hsp65 gene has more variability in its sequenc...

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Main Authors: B Nasr-Esfahani, E Sarikhani, S Moghim, J Faghri, H Fazeli, N Hoseini, H Rezaei-Yazdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2597