Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

Molecular typing of 964 specimens from patients in Ethiopia with lymph node or pulmonary tuberculosis showed a similar distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains between the 2 disease manifestations and a minimal role for M. bovis. We report a novel phylogenetic lineage of M. tuberculosis st...

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Main Authors: Rebuma Firdessa, Stefan Berg, Elena Hailu, Esther Schelling, Balako Gumi, Girume Erenso, Endalamaw Gadisa, Teklu Kiros, Meseret Habtamu, Jemal Hussein, Jakob Zinsstag, Brian D. Robertson, Gobena Ameni, Amanda J. Lohan, Brendan Loftus, Iñaki Comas, Sebastien Gagneux, Rea Tschopp, Lawrence Yamuah, Glyn Hewinson, Stephen V. Gordon, Douglas B. Young, Abraham Aseffa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium bovis
bacteria
bovine
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-0256_article

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