Global distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes.

Filliol, Ingrid; R Driscoll, Jeffrey; Van Soolingen, Dick; N Kreiswirth, Barry; Kremer, Kristin; Valétudie, Georges; Duc Anh, Dang; Barlow, Rachael; Banerjee, Dilip; J Bifani, Pablo; Brudey, Karine; Cataldi, Angel; C Cooksey, Robert; V Cousins, Debby; W Dale, Jeremy; A Dellagostin, Odir; Drobniewski, Francis; Engelmann, Guido; Ferdinand, Séverine; Gascoyne-Binzi, Deborah; Gordon, Max; Cristina Gutierrez, M; H Haas, Walter; Heersma, Herre; Källenius, Gunilla; Kassa-Kelembho, Eric; Koivula, Tuija; Minh Ly, Ho; Makristathis, Athanasios; Mammina, Caterina; Martin, Gerald; Moström, Peter; Mokrousov, Igor; Narbonne, Valérie; Narvskaya, Olga; Nastasi, Antonino; Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh, Sara; W Pape, Jean; Rasolofo-Razanamparany, Voahangy; Ridell, Malin; Lucia Rossetti, M; Stauffer, Fritz; N Suffys, Philip; Takiff, Howard; Texier-Maugein, Jeanne; Vincent, Véronique; H De Waard, Jacobus; Sola, Christophe; Rastogi, Nalin

doi:10.3201/eid0811.020125

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Global distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes.

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Authors:

Ingrid Filliol

Jeffrey R Driscoll

Dick Van Soolingen

Abstract

We present a short summary of recent observations on the global distribution of the major clades of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the causative agent of tuberculosis. This global distribution was defined by data-mining of an international spoligotyping database, SpolDB3. This database cont...

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