Article
Predominance of a single genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in countries of east Asia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1995
van Soolingen D, Qian L, de Haas P E, Douglas J T, Traore H, Portaels F, Qing H Z, Enkhsaikan D, Nymadawa P, van Embden J D
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from the People's Republic of China showed that the vast majority belong to a genetically closely related group. These strains shared the majority of their IS6110 DNA-containing restriction fragments, and also, the DNA pol...
Topics
- China
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Asia, Eastern
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mongolia
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary