Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype, Northern Malawi

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype, Northern Malawi

In a 7-year population-based study in Malawi, we showed that Beijing genotype tuberculosis (TB) increased as a proportion of TB cases. All the Beijing genotype strains were fully drug sensitive. Contact histories, TB type, and case-fatality rates were similar for Beijing and non-Beijing genotype TB.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Judith R. Glynn, Amelia C. Crampin, Hamidou Traore, Malcolm D. Yates, Frank D. Mwaungulu, Bagrey M. Ngwira, Steven D. Chaguluka, Donex T. Mwafulirwa, Sian Floyd, Caroline Murphy, Francis A. Drobniewski, Paul E.M. Fine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
RFLP
Africa
drug resistance
dispatch
Malawi
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0869_article

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