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Population structure dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains during past decades in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Iwamoto Tomotada, Fujiyama Riyo, Yoshida Shiomi, Wada Takayuki, Shirai Chika, Kawakami Yasuto
Abstract excerpt
We used 909 strains to compare the population structures of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family between different birth-year cohorts in Japan. The results revealed that the spread of a modern sublineage that has high transmissibility is currently increasing, while the spread of an ancie...
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