Mycobacterium africanum

A species of Mycobacterium that is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is most commonly found in West African countries and causes… (More)
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2013
2013
Deciphering the Growth Behaviour of Mycobacterium africanum
BACKGROUND Human tuberculosis (TB) in West Africa is not only caused by M. tuberculosis but also by bacteria of the two lineages… (More)
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2008
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2008
Progression to active tuberculosis, but not transmission, varies by Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in The Gambia.
BACKGROUND There is considerable variability in the outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. We hypothesized that… (More)
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2004
2004
Genomic analysis distinguishes Mycobacterium africanum.
Mycobacterium africanum is thought to comprise a unique species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. M. africanum has… (More)
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2004
2004
Mycobacterium africanum cases, California.
Five Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in California were identified as M. africanum by spoligotyping, single… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Snapshot of moving and expanding clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their global distribution assessed by spoligotyping in an international study.
The present update on the global distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex spoligotypes provides both the octal and… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
PCR-based method to differentiate the subspecies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex on the basis of genomic deletions.
The classical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MtbC) subspecies include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium africanum… (More)
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1997
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1997
A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa.
In an attempt to characterize an unusual mycobacterial strain isolated from a 2-year-old Somali patient with lymphadenitis, we… (More)
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1997
1997
Comparison of DNA fingerprint patterns of isolates of Mycobacterium africanum from east and west Africa.
Mycobacterium africanum is a pathogen found in tuberculosis patients in certain parts of Africa and is a member of the… (More)
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
Occurrence and stability of insertion sequences in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: evaluation of an insertion sequence-dependent DNA polymorphism as a tool in the epidemiology of…
In this study we established the usefulness of DNA fingerprinting for the epidemiology of tuberculosis on the basis of the DNA… (More)
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1985
1985
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness Among Selected Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, Mycobacterium microti, and Mycobacterium africanum
Deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs) of selected strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including strains of M… (More)
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