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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Highly structured genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Djibouti
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 16, No. 7, Year 2010
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Djibouti is an East African country with a high tuberculosis incidence. This study was conducted over a 2-month period in Djibouti, during which 62 consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) were included. Genetic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit variable-number tandem-repeat typing and spoligotyping, was performed. The genetic and phylogenetic analysis revealed only three major families (Central Asian, East African Indian and T). The high diversity and linkage disequilibrium within each family suggest a long period of clonal evolution. A Bayesian approach shows that the phylogenetic structure observed in our sample of 62 isolates is very likely to be representative of the phylogenetic structure of the M. tuberculosis population in the total number of TB cases. © 2009 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2009 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Godreuil, Sylvain
France, Montpellier
Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Renaud, François N.R.
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Choisy, Marc
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Depina, J. J.
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Djibouti
Hôpital Paul Faure
Garnotel, Éric
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Djibouti
Hôpital Paul Faure
Morillon, Marc
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
van de Perre, Philippe
France, Montpellier
Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
Anne-Laure, Bañuls Laure
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03025.x
ISSN:
1198743X
e-ISSN:
14690691
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Djibouti