Volume 8, Number 8—August 2002

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Worldwide Occurrence of Beijing/W Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Systematic Review

Judith R. Glynn* , Jennifer Whiteley*, Pablo J. Bifani†, Kristin Kremer, and Dick van Soolingen

Author affiliations: *London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; †Institut Pasteur de Lille, France; and ‡National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands;

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Figure. Percentage of tuberculosis due to Beijing strains. Data from studies based on spoligotyping (Table 1).

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