title: Characterization of the Manila family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: Forty-eight Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were obtained from patients living in metropolitan Manila, Republic of the Philippines. Three molecular typing methods, IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism, spoligotyping, and DNA sequencing of the oxyR, gyrA, and katG loci, established that these strains have restricted diversity and are members of a related genetic group of organisms. Comparison of the DNA fingerprint patterns with those in international databases confirmed the uniqueness of this group of isolates, which we designate the Manila family of M. tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. jdouglas@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Lishi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Jaime C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Musser
authors.forename: Jan D A
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Van Embden
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Soolingen
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D009841:Oligonucleotides