Results from 5 Years of Nationwide DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in a Country with a Low Incidence of M. tuberculosis Infection

AUTOR(ES)

Bauer, Jeanett

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Results from DNA fingerprint analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from tuberculosis (TB) patients diagnosed during 5 years in Denmark are presented. The lack of success in eradicating TB in this low-incidence country may be explained by an unrecognized high frequency of active TB transmission (57%) among native Danes. Only two strains of M. tuberculosis are responsible for 40% of all clustered cases of TB among Danes.

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