Article
Genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis East African-Indian family in three tropical Asian countries.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2017
Chen Yih-Yuan, Chang Jia-Ru, Huang Wei-Feng, Hsu Chih-Hao, Cheng Han-Yin, Sun Jun-Ren, Kuo Shu-Chen, Su Ih-Jen, Lin Ming-Shian, Chen Wei, Dou Horng-Yunn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the most predominant MTB strain in Asian countries and is spreading worldwide, however, the East African-Indian (EAI) lineage is also particularly prevalent in many tropical Asian countries. The evolutionary relationships among MTB EAI isolates from Taiwan and those of tropical Asian countries remain unknown. METHODS: The EAI strains collected...
Topics
- Asian People
- Cambodia
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Intergenic
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Typing