Clonal expansion of both modern and ancient genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in southern Taiwan.

Clonal expansion of both modern and ancient genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in southern Taiwan.

We present the first comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in the Kaohsiung region of southern Taiwan. The major spoligotypes found in the 224 isolates studied were Beijing lineages (n = 97; 43.3%), EAI lineages (n = 72; 32.1%) and Haarlem lineages (n = 18; 8.0%)....

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Main Authors: Jia-Ru Chang, Yih-Yuan Chen, Tsi-Shu Huang, Wei-Feng Huang, Shu-Chen Kuo, Fan-Chen Tseng, Ih-Jen Su, Chien-Hsing Lin, Yao-Shen Chen, Jun-Ren Sun, Tzong-Shi Chiueh, Horng-Yunn Dou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3427295?pdf=render

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