Global Origin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Midlands, UK

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):542-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090813.

Abstract

DNA fingerprinting data for 4,207 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were combined with data from a computer program (Origins). Largest population groups were from England (n = 1,031) and India (n = 912), and most prevalent strains were the Euro-American (45%) and East African-Indian (34%) lineages. Combining geographic and molecular data can enhance cluster investigation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asia / epidemiology
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Minisatellite Repeats / genetics
  • Molecular Epidemiology*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / genetics
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology