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Jul, 2009

High transmissibility of the modern Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis in homeless patients of Japan

TUBERCULOSIS
  • Takayuki Wada
    • ,
  • Sami Fujihara
    • ,
  • Akira Shimouchi
    • ,
  • Makoto Harada
    • ,
  • Hisashi Ogura
    • ,
  • Sohkichi Matsumoto
    • ,
  • Atsushi Hase
Volume
89
Number
4
First page
252
Last page
255
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1016/j.tube.2009.05.007
Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
A population-based study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from homeless tuberculosis patients was performed during 2002-2004 in Osaka City, Japan. The data show that the ancient Beijing subfamily was predominant, whereas clustered isolates based on refined variable number of tandem repeats genotyping (19 loci) mainly belonged to the modern Beijing subfamily, suggesting its increased transmissibility. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2009.05.007
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000269051800003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1016/j.tube.2009.05.007
  • ISSN : 1472-9792
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000269051800003
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