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SUBMITTER: Chen YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511213 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yih-Yuan YY Chang Jia-Ru JR Wu Chih-Da CD Yeh Yen-Po YP Yang Shiu-Ju SJ Hsu Chih-Hao CH Lin Ming-Ching MC Tsai Ching-Fang CF Lin Ming-Shian MS Su Ih-Jen IJ Dou Horng-Yunn HY
Scientific reports 20170714 1
In total, 303 randomly selected clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from 303 patients (collected January to December 2012) in central Taiwan were examined. The major lineages found were Beijing (N = 114, 37.62%), Haarlem (N = 76, 25.08%) and East African-Indian (EAI) (N = 42, 13.86%). Notably, younger persons (≤30 years old) were 6.58 times more likely to be infected with a Beijing genotype compared to older persons (>70 years) (p < 0.05). Combining molecular typing methods and ge ...[more]