Penitentiary population of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan: exceptionally high prevalence of the Beijing genotype and its Russia-specific subtype.

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Here, we present results of the first study of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Kyrgyzstan. We focused on the incarcerated population known to be at high-risk for tuberculosis (TB) and with a significant impact on TB incidence in the general population. Beijing genotype was detected in 42 of 56 M. tuberculosis sputum-extracted DNA samples from newly-diagnosed adult pulmonary TB patients....

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