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. 2005 Jan;11(1):150-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040869.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, northern Malawi

Judith R Glynn  1 , Amelia C Crampin, Hamidou Traore, Malcolm D Yates, Frank D Mwaungulu, Bagrey M Ngwira, Steven D Chaguluka, Donex T Mwafulirwa, Sian Floyd, Caroline Murphy, Francis A Drobniewski, Paul E M Fine
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, northern Malawi

Judith R Glynn et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

In a 7-year population-based study in Malawi, we showed that Beijing genotype tuberculosis (TB) increased as a proportion of TB cases. All the Beijing genotype strains were fully drug sensitive. Contact histories, TB type, and case-fatality rates were similar for Beijing and non-Beijing genotype TB.

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Figure 1
Restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns of 12 Beijing strains from Karonga District, Malawi. All strains were >79% related to at least 1 of the other Beijing strains found in the district. Strain MT14323 is a reference strain.
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Figure 2
Beijing genotype tuberculosis (TB) in Karonga District, Malawi, over time. The solid lines show the number of persons with each Beijing genotype restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern, and the dotted line shows the proportion of culture-positive TB cases that are due to the Beijing genotype. Because strains KPS97 (14 patients) and KPS385 (2 patients) differed by only 1 band on RFLP, they are shown together.
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