Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Abstract Background Foreign-born patients with tuberculosis (TB) may introduce globally disseminated isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into large cities in Japan. The risk of dissemination of these isolates into local regions, however, has not been determined. This study analyzed the molecular...

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Main Authors: Fuminori Mizukoshi, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Hiroki Iwai, Takako Suzuki, Reiko Kiritani, Teruo Kirikae, Keiji Funatogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Foreign-born
Lineage
Whole genome sequencing
CASTB
Japan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2457-y

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