Circulation of M. tuberculosis Beijing genotype in Latin America and the Caribbean

MI Cerezo-Cortés, JG Rodríguez-Castillo… - … and Global Health, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Genetic Diversity and Transmission Characteristics of Beijing Family Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru

T Iwamoto, L Grandjean, K Arikawa, N Nakanishi… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Beijing family strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have attracted worldwide attention
because of their wide geographical distribution and global emergence. Peru, which has a …

A systematic review of East African-Indian family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil

TA Duarte, JS Nery, N Boechat, SM Pereira… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT Introduction: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis East African-Indian (EAI)
spoligotyping family (belonging to lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, defined by the region of deletion …

Population Structure among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Colombia

T Realpe, N Correa, JC Rozo, BE Ferro, V Gomez… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Phylogeographic composition of M. tuberculosis populations reveals
associations between lineages and human populations that might have implications for the …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum, United States, 2004–2013

A Sharma, E Bloss, CM Heilig… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mycobacterium africanum is endemic to West Africa and causes tuberculosis (TB). We
reviewed reported cases of TB in the United States during 2004–2013 that had lineage …

Strain Classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Brazil Based on Genotypes Obtained by Spoligotyping, Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit …

SEG Vasconcellos, CC Acosta, LL Gomes… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Rio de Janeiro is endemic for tuberculosis (TB) and presents the second largest prevalence
of the disease in Brazil. Here, we present the bacterial population structure of 218 isolates of …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the RDRio Genotype Is the Predominant Cause of Tuberculosis and Associated with Multidrug Resistance in Porto Alegre City, South …

ER Dalla Costa, LCO Lazzarini… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Spoligotyping has shown Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to be composed of different
lineages, and some of them are not just geographically restricted but also affect specific …

[HTML][HTML] Clonal expansion across the seas as seen through CPLP-TB database: A joint effort in cataloguing Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in …

J Perdigão, C Silva, J Diniz, C Pereira… - Infection, genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem within the Community of Portuguese
Language Speaking Countries (CPLP). Despite the marked variation in TB incidence across …

Characterization of the Genetic Diversity of Extensively-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Peru

O Cáceres, N Rastogi, C Bartra, D Couvin, M Galarza… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Peru holds the fourth highest burden of tuberculosis in the Americas. Despite
an apparently well-functioning DOTS control program, the prevalence of multidrug resistant …

Molecular profiling of drug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

RI Prim, MA Schörner, SG Senna… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Drug resistance is a global threat and one of the main contributing factors to tuberculosis
(TB) outbreaks. The goal of this study was to analyse the molecular profile of multidrug …