Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California

Five Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in California were identified as M. africanum by spoligotyping, single nucleotide polymorphisms, a deletion mutation, and phenotypic traits, confirming it as a cause of tuberculosis in the United States. Three of the five patients from whom M. african...

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Main Authors: Edward Desmond, Ameena T. Ahmed, William S. Probert, Janet Ely, Yvonne Jang, Cynthia A. Sanders, Shou-Yean Lin, Jennifer Flood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0016_article