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Molecular characteristics and global spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a western cape F11 genotype.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2004
Victor Thomas C, de Haas Petra E W, Jordaan Annemarie M, van der Spuy Gian D, Richardson Madalene, van Soolingen D, van Helden Paul D, Warren Robin
Abstract excerpt
In order to fully understand the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic it is important to investigate the population structure and dissemination of the causative agent that drives the epidemic. Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain family 11 (F11) genotype isolates (found in 21.4% of all infected patients) are at least as successful as the Beijing genotype family isolates (16.5%) in contributing to the TB problem in some...
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