Dominant Incidence of Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant Specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Aki Tamaru; Chie Nakajima; Takayuki Wada; Yajun Wang; Manabu Inoue; Ryuji Kawahara; Ryoji Maekura; Yuriko Ozeki; Hisashi Ogura; Kazuo Kobayashi; Yasuhiko Suzuki; Sohkichi Matsumoto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042505

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Dominant Incidence of Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant Specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Aki Tamaru ,

* E-mail: tamaru@iph.pref.osaka.jp

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Chie Nakajima,

Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Takayuki Wada,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan
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Yajun Wang,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Manabu Inoue,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Ryuji Kawahara,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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Ryoji Maekura,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization National Toneyama Hospital, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Yuriko Ozeki,

Affiliation Department of Food and Nutrition, Sonoda Women’s University, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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Hisashi Ogura,

Affiliation Department of Virology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kazuo Kobayashi,

Affiliation Departement of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuhiko Suzuki,

Affiliations Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency/Japan International Cooperation Agency-Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Sohkichi Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Dominant Incidence of Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant Specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Aki Tamaru,
Chie Nakajima,
Takayuki Wada,
Yajun Wang,
Manabu Inoue,
Ryuji Kawahara,
Ryoji Maekura,
Yuriko Ozeki,
Hisashi Ogura,
Kazuo Kobayashi

Published: August 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042505

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