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Population genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Scotland analysed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. S. Olson ,
K. J. Forbes ,
B. Watt  and
T. H. Pennington
E. S. Olson*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD
K. J. Forbes
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD
B. Watt
Affiliation:
Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, City Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5SB
T. H. Pennington
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD
*
*Dr E. S. Olson, Department of Medical Microbiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE.
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The results of typing of 121 strains in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by PFGE are presented. Every isolate from patients in Scotland over a 3-month period for M. tuberculosis and for 1 year for M. bovis were included along with several laboratory strains including those of BCG. The PFGE results suggest that the population structure of all the strains in this complex is distinctly simple with limited genetic diversity and also suggest that M. bovis is not a distinct species.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 114 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 153 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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