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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| author | Edward Desmond Ameena T. Ahmed William S. Probert Janet Ely Yvonne Jang Cynthia A. Sanders Shou-Yean Lin Jennifer Flood |
| author_facet | Edward Desmond Ameena T. Ahmed William S. Probert Janet Ely Yvonne Jang Cynthia A. Sanders Shou-Yean Lin Jennifer Flood |
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| description | 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. africanum was isolated had lived in Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e54976c0114940ffa2ec50b4775fd1de2025-08-19T20:57:11ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592004-05-0110592192310.3201/eid1005.030016Mycobacterium africanum Cases, CaliforniaEdward DesmondAmeena T. AhmedWilliam S. ProbertJanet ElyYvonne JangCynthia A. SandersShou-Yean LinJennifer FloodFive 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. africanum was isolated had lived in Africa.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0016_articleMycobacteriumMycobacterium tuberculosisEpidemiologymolecularTuberculosisCalifornia |
| spellingShingle | Edward Desmond Ameena T. Ahmed William S. Probert Janet Ely Yvonne Jang Cynthia A. Sanders Shou-Yean Lin Jennifer Flood Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epidemiology molecular Tuberculosis California |
| title | Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California |
| title_full | Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California |
| title_short | Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California |
| title_sort | mycobacterium africanum cases california |
| topic | Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epidemiology molecular Tuberculosis California |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0016_article |
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