Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotypes in Taiwan reveals a close link to ethnic and population migration.

doi:10.1016/j.jfma.2014.07.006

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Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotypes in Taiwan reveals a close link to ethnic and population migration.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Jun 2015

Dou Horng-Yunn, Chen Yih-Yuan, Kou Shu-Chen, Su Ih-Jen

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Taiwan is a relatively isolated island, serving as a mixing vessel for colonization by different waves of ethnic and migratory groups over the past 4 centuries. The potential transmission pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in different ethnic and migratory populations remains to be elucidated. By using mycobacterial tandem repeat sequences as genetic markers, the prevalence of M. tuberculosis strains in Taiwan...

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Asian People
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Emigration and Immigration
Genotype
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Taiwan
Tuberculosis

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PMID: 25542769
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2014.07.006

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