Finer snapshot of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana.

doi:10.1128/JCM.00708-11

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Finer snapshot of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2011

Millet Julie, Laurent William, Zozio Thierry, Rastogi Nalin

Abstract excerpt

This study shows the benefit of spoligotyping coupled to mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit (MIRU) typing to pinpoint circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana. We hereby propose reduced 4-locus and 6-locus subsets for LAM and Haarlem lineage strains that predominate in South America and the Caribbean, retaining 99.35% and 99.64% of the total...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
DNA, Bacterial
French Guiana
Genotype
Guadeloupe
Humans
Male
Martinique
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Young Adult

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PMID: 21562111
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00708-11
PMCID: PMC3147841

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