Population structure dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains during past decades in Japan.

ABSTRACT: We used 909 strains to compare the population structures of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family between different birth-year cohorts in Japan. The results revealed that the spread of a modern sublineage that has high transmissibility is currently increasing, while the spread of an ancient sublineage, STK, has significantly decreased in younger generations.

SUBMITTER: Iwamoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756919 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature