SNP/RD Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains Reveals Local and Worldwide Disseminated Clonal Complexes

Anita C. Schürch; Kristin Kremer; Amber C. A. Hendriks; Benthe Freyee; Christopher R. E. McEvoy; Reinout van Crevel; Martin J. Boeree; Paul van Helden; Robin M. Warren; Roland J. Siezen; Dick van Soolingen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028365

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SNP/RD Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains Reveals Local and Worldwide Disseminated Clonal Complexes

Anita C. Schürch,

Affiliations Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, (CIb/LIS, pb 22), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre/NCMLS, Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kristin Kremer,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, (CIb/LIS, pb 22), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Amber C. A. Hendriks,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, (CIb/LIS, pb 22), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Benthe Freyee,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, (CIb/LIS, pb 22), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Christopher R. E. McEvoy,

Affiliations Department of Science and Technology, National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Reinout van Crevel,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Martin J. Boeree,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre/University Lung Centre Dekkerswald, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Paul van Helden,

Affiliation Department of Science and Technology, National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
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Robin M. Warren,

Affiliation Department of Science and Technology, National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
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Roland J. Siezen,

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre/NCMLS, Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Dick van Soolingen

* E-mail: dick.van.soolingen@rivm.nl

Affiliations Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, (CIb/LIS, pb 22), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre/University Lung Centre Dekkerswald, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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SNP/RD Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains Reveals Local and Worldwide Disseminated Clonal Complexes

Anita C. Schürch,
Kristin Kremer,
Amber C. A. Hendriks,
Benthe Freyee,
Christopher R. E. McEvoy,
Reinout van Crevel,
Martin J. Boeree,
Paul van Helden,
Robin M. Warren,
Roland J. Siezen

Published: December 5, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028365

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