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Epidemiological studies of Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Taipei and other Asian cities based on MIRU profiles.
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APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica [APMIS] 2011 Sep; Vol. 119 (9), pp. 581-587. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jul 05. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The aim of the present study was to investigate the distribution of the Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in Taipei and other Asian cities. A total of 323 MTB isolates were analyzed by spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU) typing. The largest cluster of the TB isolates from Taipei was type MT11 (MIRU type 2233-2517-3533). A comparison of the MIRU type data for the Beijing strains from Taipei and previously published MIRU type data for the Beijing strains from Asian cities with major population of Chinese was analyzed. The six major Beijing MIRU types (MT01, MT02, MT08, MT11, MT21, and MT44) were found to be common in four Asian cities including Taipei, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Wuhan. Results of this study indicate that there is geographical difference in the distribution of different Beijing strains of MTB.<br /> (© 2011 The Authors. APMIS © 2011 APMIS.)
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial analysis
DNA, Bacterial genetics
Epidemiologic Studies
Genetic Loci
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Hong Kong epidemiology
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis classification
Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction methods
Singapore epidemiology
Taiwan epidemiology
Tuberculosis microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques methods
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification
Tuberculosis epidemiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1600-0463
- Volume :
- 119
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21851415
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02790.x