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SUBMITTER: Bifani P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631879 | biostudies-other | 2001 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bifani P P Mathema B B Campo M M Moghazeh S S Nivin B B Shashkina E E Driscoll J J Munsiff S S SS Frothingham R R Kreiswirth B N BN
Emerging infectious diseases 20010901 5
A distinct branch of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis W phylogenetic lineage (W14 group) has been identified and characterized by various genotyping techniques. The W14 group comprises three strain variants: W14, W23, and W26, which accounted for 26 clinical isolates from the New York City metropolitan area. The W14 group shares a unique IS6110 hybridizing banding motif as well as distinct polymorphic GC-rich repetitive sequence and variable number tandem repeat patterns. All W14 group members hav ...[more]