ABSTRACT Lineage 2 (East Asian), which includes the Beijing genotype, is one of the most
prevalent lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) throughout the world. The Beijing …

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the three leading causes of death from a single infectious agent,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), together with COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS. This disease …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health problem in Ecuador with an incidence of 43
per 100,000 inhabitants and an estimated multidrug-resistant-TB prevalence in all TB cases …

Peru has the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Americas region.
Since 1999, the annual number of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) …

Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (lineage 2) have been associated with drug-
resistance and transmission of tuberculosis worldwide. Most of the Beijing strains identified …

The Beijing family, the most successful Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage, is considered
hypervirulent, associated with clustering and has a strong association with multidrug …

BACKGROUND: The genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quito, Ecuador is
not well known. OBJECTIVE: To investigate mutations related to drug resistance and …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe public health challenge in Korea. Of all
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) strains, the Beijing genotype strain reportedly correlates …

Background: Strains of the Beijing sublineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have caused
large outbreaks of tuberculosis, often involving multidrug resistance strains and this …

The lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, a highly
contagious infectious disease in Ecuador, have not been determined in prison conditions …