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TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 252-255Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2009.05.007
Keywords
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Beijing family; VNTR; Japan; Homeless
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- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program
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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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