Mycobacterial lineages causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Ethiopia
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R Firdessa S Berg E Hailu E Schelling B Gumi G Erenso E Gadisa T Kiros M Habtamu J Hussein J Zinsstag BD Robertson G Ameni AJ Lohan B Loftus I Comas S Gagneux R Tschopp L Yamuah G Hewinson SV Gordon DB Young A AseffaAbstract
Molecular typing of 964 specimens from patients in Ethiopia with lymph node or pulmonary tuberculosis showed a similar distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains between the 2 disease manifestations and a minimal role for M. bovis. We report a novel phylogenetic lineage of M. tuberculosis strongly associated with the Horn of Africa.
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Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 19
Issue number 3
Pages 460-463
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.3201/eid1903.120256
Europe PubMed Central 23622814
Pubmed 23622814
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