Volume 12, Number 5, May 2006

Beijing/W Genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Resistance

European Concerted Action on New Generation Genetic Markers and Techniques for the Epidemiology and Control of Tuberculosis
Analysis and writing committee: Judith R. Glynn (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK); Kristin Kremer (RIVM, Bilthoven, the Netherlands), Martien W. Borgdorff (‡Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association [KNCV] Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, the Netherlands); Mar Pujades Rodriguez (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and Dick van Soolingen (RIVM).

Figure. Distribution of Beijing genotype tuberculosis (TB). Size of circle indicates percentage of TB cases due to Beijing genotype; color in circle indicates drug sensitivity and distribution trend. Blue, pattern 1 (stable, no association with drug resistance); red, pattern 2 (increasing, associated with drug resistance); green, pattern 3 (increasing, drug sensitive); yellow, pattern 4 (absent); striped, trend or association with drug resistance not known.

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