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Vaccine-induced Immunity Circumvented by Typical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains
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Feb 2009
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Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):335-339.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:The frequency of typical and atypical Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was determined in the Netherlands; Vietnam; and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China. The strains' associations with drug resistance, M. bovis BCG vaccination, and patient characteristics were assessed. BCG vaccination may have positively selected the prevalent typical Beijing strains.
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