American Review of Respiratory Disease
Volume 127, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 348-349

Phage-type pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Southeast Asian immigrants (Article)

Jones Jr. W.D. , Woodley C.L.
  • a Mycobacteriol. Branch, Div. Bact. Dis., Cent. Infect. Dis., Cent. Dis. Control, US Dep. Health Hum. Serv., Atlanta, GA, United States
  • b Mycobacteriol. Branch, Div. Bact. Dis., Cent. Infect. Dis., Cent. Dis. Control, US Dep. Health Hum. Serv., Atlanta, GA, United States

Abstract

Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from 86 Southeast Asian immigrants were phage typed as type 1 (10.5), type 2 (57.0%), type 5 (23.2%), and type 8 (9.3%). Strains belonging to types 3, 4, 6, and 7 were not found among the 86 strains tested. The lytic patterns of 6 auxillary phages further divided the strains into 5 to 14 additional subgroups. The phage-type distribution in the Asian cultures was different from the type distribution in cultures from residents in the United States.

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bacteriophage Southeast Asia Mycobacterium tuberculosis ethnic or racial aspects microbiology geographic distribution tuberculosis Emigration and Immigration Mycobacteriophages clinical article isolation and purification Article Asia, Southeastern Bacteriophage Typing human epidemiology migration classification
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ISSN: 00030805
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Original Language: English