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Mutations in Putative Mutator Genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains of the W-Beijing Family

Mina Ebrahimi Rad*, Pablo Bifani†, Carlos Martin‡, Kristin Kremer§, Sofia Samper‡, Jean Rauzier*, Barry Kreiswirth¶, Jesus Blazquez#, Marc Jouan*, Dick van Soolingen§, and Brigitte Gicquel*

Author affiliations: *Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; †Institut Pasteur, Lille, France; ‡Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; §National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; ¶Public Health Research Institute, Newark, New Jersey, USA; #National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain

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Table 2

Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains originating from 35 different countries

Strains	Genotype	No. isolates	Country of isolation	Group	mutT2	mut T4	ogt
AU	Haarlem	1	USA	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
3,5,22,32,39,48,50,52-3,55	Haarlem	10	Argentina	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
8	Haarlem	1	Vietnam	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
13/28	Haarlem	2	Sri Lanka	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
51	Haarlem	1	the Netherlands	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
57/59	Haarlem	2	Czech republic	2	wt	wt	wt
84	Haarlem	1	Czech Republic	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
86/143/145	Haarlem	3	Bolivia	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
87	Haarlem	1	USA	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
99	Haarlem	1	Italy	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
123	Haarlem	1	Czech Republic	2	wt	wt	Thr ACC 15 Ser AGC
144/146-7	Haarlem	3	Bolivia	2	wt	wt	wt
Apr-35	Africa	2	Rwanda	2	wt	wt	wt
37	Africa	1	Uganda	2	wt	wt	wt
40/120	Africa	2	Burundi	2	wt	wt	wt
72	Africa	1	Central African Republic	2	wt	wt	wt
97	Africa	1	Uganda	2	wt	wt	wt
121	Africa	1	Central African Republic	2	wt	wt	wt
2	BCG	1	the Netherlands	1	wt	wt	wt
6/47/73/130	M. bovis	4	the Netherlands	1	wt	wt	wt
12	Other	1	Tunisia	3	wt	wt	wt
15/31	Other	2	Iran	2	wt	wt	wt
16	Other	1	Canada	2	wt	wt	wt
17	Other	1	Greenland	2	wt	wt	wt
18	Other	1	USA	2	wt	wt	wt
19/36/74	Other	2	India	1	wt	wt	wt
25/62	M. microti	2	UK	1	wt	wt	wt
26	Other	1	Zimbabwe	2	wt	wt	wt
27	Other	1	Ethiopia	2	wt	wt	wt
38/42	Other	2	Tahiti	2	wt	wt	wt
41/46	Other	2	Chile	2	wt	wt	wt
49	Other	1	Tanzania	1	wt	wt	wt
56	Other	1	Curacao	2	wt	wt	wt
64	Other	1	Honduras	2	wt	wt	wt
65/112	Other	2	the Netherlands	1	wt	wt	wt
71	BCG	1	Japan	1	wt	wt	wt
76/101/126	M. bovis	3	Argentina	1	wt	wt	wt
83	BCG	1	Russia	1	wt	wt	wt
89/95	Other	2	Spain	2	wt	wt	wt
96	Other	1	the Netherlands	3	wt	wt	wt
98	Other	1	Ecuador	2	wt	wt	wt
100	M. africanum	1	the Netherlands	1	wt	wt	wt
108	Other	1	China	2	wt	wt	wt
118	Other	1	Honduras	2	wt	wt	wt

^and, not determined; wt, wild-type alleles (identical to H37Rv strain).

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Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Volume 9, Number 7—July 2003

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Mutations in Putative Mutator Genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains of the W-Beijing Family

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