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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, northern Malawi.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2005
Glynn Judith R, Crampin Amelia C, Traore Hamidou, Yates Malcolm D, Mwaungulu Frank D, Ngwira Bagrey M, Chaguluka Steven D, Mwafulirwa Donex T, Floyd Sian, Murphy Caroline, Drobniewski Francis A, Fine Paul E M
Abstract excerpt
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.
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