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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 polymorphism associated with other repetitive DNA elements, like the polymorphic GC-rich sequence and the direct repeat,...
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