Clonality and micro-diversity of a nationwide spreading genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission routes can be estimated from genotypic analysis of clinical isolates from patients. In Japan, still a middle-incidence country of TB, a unique genotype strain designated as 'M-strain' has been isolated nationwide recently. To ascertain the history of...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Wada, Tomotada Iwamoto, Aki Tamaru, Junji Seto, Tadayuki Ahiko, Kaori Yamamoto, Atushi Hase, Shinji Maeda, Taro Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4348518?pdf=render