Evidence that the spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with the Beijing genotype is human population dependent. Hanekom, M., van der Spuy, G. D., Gey van Pittius, N. C., McEvoy, C. R. E., Ndabambi, S. L., Victor, T. C., Hoal, E. G., van Helden, P. D., & Warren, R. M. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45(7):2263–2266, July, 2007. 00057
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This study describes a comparative analysis of the Beijing mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Cape Town, South Africa, and East Asia. The results show a significant association between the frequency of occurrence of strains from defined Beijing sublineages and the human population from whom they were cultured (P \textless 0.0001).
@article{hanekom_evidence_2007,
	title = {Evidence that the spread of {Mycobacterium} tuberculosis strains with the {Beijing} genotype is human population dependent},
	volume = {45},
	issn = {0095-1137},
	doi = {10.1128/JCM.02354-06},
	abstract = {This study describes a comparative analysis of the Beijing mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Cape Town, South Africa, and East Asia. The results show a significant association between the frequency of occurrence of strains from defined Beijing sublineages and the human population from whom they were cultured (P {\textless} 0.0001).},
	language = {eng},
	number = {7},
	journal = {Journal of Clinical Microbiology},
	author = {Hanekom, M. and van der Spuy, G. D. and Gey van Pittius, N. C. and McEvoy, C. R. E. and Ndabambi, S. L. and Victor, T. C. and Hoal, E. G. and van Helden, P. D. and Warren, R. M.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2007},
	pmid = {17475755},
	pmcid = {PMC1933015},
	note = {00057 },
	keywords = {China, Far East, Genotype, Humans, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Polymorphism, Genetic, Population Dynamics, South Africa, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary},
	pages = {2263--2266},
}

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