Complete Genome Sequences of Three Representative Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Family Strains Belonging to Distinct Genotype Clusters in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 2007 to 2009

Takayuki Wada; Minako Hijikata; Shinji Maeda; Nguyen Thi Le Hang; Pham Huu Thuong; Nguyen Phuong Hoang; Nguyen Van Hung; Naoto Keicho

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00510-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Representative Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Family Strains Belonging to Distinct Genotype Clusters in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 2007 to 2009

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 6;5(27):e00510-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00510-17.

Authors

Takayuki Wada^{1

2}, Minako Hijikata², Shinji Maeda³, Nguyen Thi Le Hang⁴, Pham Huu Thuong⁵, Nguyen Phuong Hoang⁶, Nguyen Van Hung⁷, Naoto Keicho^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
² Department of Pathophysiology and Host Defense, Research Institute of Tuberculosis JATA, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University School of Pharmacy, Sapporo, Japan.
⁴ NCGM-BMH Medical Collaboration Center, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁵ Hanoi Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Hanoi Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁸ Department of Pathophysiology and Host Defense, Research Institute of Tuberculosis JATA, Tokyo, Japan nkeicho-tky@umin.ac.jp.
⁹ National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We present here three complete genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family strains isolated in Hanoi, Vietnam. These three strains were selected from major genotypic clusters (15-MIRU-VNTR) identified in a previous population-based study. We emphasize their importance and potential as reference strains in this Asian region.