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Assessment of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-QUB markers to further discriminate the Beijing genotype in a population-based study of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2007
Millet Julie, Miyagi-Shiohira Chika, Yamane Nobuhisa, Sola Christophe, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
The present investigation focused on genetic diversity and drug resistance of 101 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated between July 2003 and February 2005 in the Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A high rate of clustering (87%, eight clusters, 2 to 69 strains/cluster) was observed...
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