Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium africanum, Burkina Faso.

Michel K Gomgnimbou (1) , Guislaine Refrégier (1) , Serge P Diagbouga , Sanou Adama , Antoinette Kaboré , Adama Ouiminga , Christophe Sola (1)

1 IGM - Institut de génétique et microbiologie [Orsay]

Using Ziehl-Neelsen-positive slides collected from tuberculosis diagnostic centers in Burkina Faso, we showed that 20% of 80 spoligotyping-positive DNA samples had a characteristic Mycobacterium africanum-specific genomic signature. This result suggests that M. africanum is still present in Burkina Faso at almost the same prevalence as 15-20 years ago.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire; Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Michel K Gomgnimbou, Guislaine Refrégier, Serge P Diagbouga, Sanou Adama, Antoinette Kaboré, et al.. Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium africanum, Burkina Faso.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, 18 (1), pp.117-9. ⟨10.3201/eid1801.110275⟩. ⟨hal-00763744⟩