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Clonality and micro-diversity of a nationwide spreading genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Wada Takayuki, Iwamoto Tomotada, Tamaru Aki, Seto Junji, Ahiko Tadayuki, Yamamoto Kaori, Hase Atushi, Maeda Shinji, Yamamoto Taro
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission routes can be estimated from genotypic analysis of clinical isolates from patients. In Japan, still a middle-incidence country of TB, a unique genotype strain designated as 'M-strain' has been isolated nationwide recently. To ascertain the history of the wide spread of the strain, 10 clinical isolates from different areas were subjected to genome-wide analysis based on deep...
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