There are an estimated 10 million new cases of tuberculosis worldwide annually, with
282,000 new or relapsed cases each year reported from the Americas. With improvements …

ABSTRACT Lineage 2 (East Asian), which includes the Bei**g genotype, is one of the most
prevalent lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) throughout the world. The Bei**g …

Bei**g family strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have attracted worldwide attention
because of their wide geographical distribution and global emergence. Peru, which has a …

We developed a new multiplexed-PCR assay to accurately classify Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex (MTC) isolates at the sublineage level by single nucleotide …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health problem in Ecuador with an incidence of 43
per 100,000 inhabitants and an estimated multidrug-resistant-TB prevalence in all TB cases …

Currently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of Latin-American Mediterranean (LAM)
family may be detected far beyond the geographic areas that coined its name 15 years ago …

Background Phylogeographic composition of M. tuberculosis populations reveals
associations between lineages and human populations that might have implications for the …

Bei**g strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (lineage 2) have been associated with drug-
resistance and transmission of tuberculosis worldwide. Most of the Bei**g strains identified …

A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L.
Briggs, Unlearning questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths forward. Briggs …

With an incidence of 25.6/100,000 in 2008, tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public
health problem in Colombia. In this study, a total of 152 Mycobacterium tuberculosis …