{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Worku G"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in low-income countries like Ethiopia. However, because of the limited laboratory infrastructure there is a shortage of comprehensive data on the genotypes of clinical isolates of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>M. tuberculosis</i>) complex (MTBC) in peripheral regions of Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to characterize MTBC isolates in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted in three health institutions between October 2018 and December 2019 in the capital of Somali region. A total of 323 MTBC isolates (249 from pulmonary TB and 74 from extrapulmonary TB) were analyzed using regions of difference 9 (RD 9)-based polymerase chain rea"],"journal":["Frontiers in medicine"],"pagination":["960590"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9614095"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia."],"pmcid":["PMC9614095"],"pubmed_authors":["Ashagre W","Tschopp R","Girma M","Ameni G","Wondimu A","Sileshi H","Gumi B","Hailu M","Carruth L","Worku G","Mohammedbirhan B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in low-income countries like Ethiopia. However, because of the limited laboratory infrastructure there is a shortage of comprehensive data on the genotypes of clinical isolates of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>M. tuberculosis</i>) complex (MTBC) in peripheral regions of Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to characterize MTBC isolates in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted in three health institutions between October 2018 and December 2019 in the capital of Somali region. A total of 323 MTBC isolates (249 from pulmonary TB and 74 from extrapulmonary TB) were analyzed using regions of difference 9 (RD 9)-based polymerase chain rea","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T09:41:54.706Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:41:54.706Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9614095","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36313999"],"doi":["10.3389/fmed.2022.960590"]}}