Objectives/background: The region of differences (RDs) polymorphisms is a potential molecular epidemiology method to distinguish origins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To date, 68 RDs have been identified in M. tuberculosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Iran has extended borders with high-TB burden countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and immigrations of these populations influences TB distribution in the region and threatens the control strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent of recent TB transmission among Iranian and Afghan cases.
Materials And Methods: Spoligotyping and 15-locus variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing were applied to genotype 102 MTB isolates (2009 to 2010).