Non-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China.

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.

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020470 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature