Non-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):392-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00754-10. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

Abstract

In a 2-year prospective study of tuberculosis (TB) patients in China, the prevalences of non-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis varied between Shandong Province (20.6%), Shanghai (27.6%), and Sichuan Province (45.9%) (P < 0.005). These differences may be due to factors such as human migration, transmission, or diversification and adaptation of the mycobacteria to different hosts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • China / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*
  • Young Adult