Increased Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype Strains Associated with Resistance to Streptomycin: A Population-Based Study

• Tran N. Buu,

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Control Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Dick van Soolingen,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and The Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Saint Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Mai N. T. Huyen,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Nguyen T. N. Lan,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Hoang T. Quy,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Edine W. Tiemersma,

  Affiliations Asia Department, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Kristin Kremer,

  Affiliation Division of Communicable Diseases, Health Security & Environment,World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Martien W. Borgdorff,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Cluster, Amsterdam Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Frank G. J. Cobelens

  * E-mail: f.cobelens@aighd.org

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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