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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, p. 5029-5035, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5029-5035.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Characteristics of Strains of the Cameroon Family, the Major Group of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Country with a High Prevalence of Tuberculosis

Sara Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh,1,2 Christopher Kuaban,3 Philippe Sorlin,2 Jocelyn Thonnon,2 Veronique Vincent,1 and M. Cristina Gutierrez1*

Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France,1 Laboratoire des Mycobactéries, Centre Pasteur,2 Faculté de Médécine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé et Hôpital Pneumologique Jamot, Yaoundé, Cameroon3

Received 13 April 2004/ Returned for modification 2 July 2004/ Accepted 6 August 2004

A preliminary investigation of the genetic biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Cameroon, a country with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, described a group of closely related M. tuberculosis strains (the Cameroon family) currently responsible for more than 40% of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Here, we used various molecular methods to study the genetic characteristics of this family of strains. Cameroon family M. tuberculosis strains (i) are part of the major genetic group 2 and lack the TbD1 region like other families of epidemic strains, (ii) lack spacers 23, 24, and 25 in their direct repeat (DR) region, (iii) have an identical number of repeats in 8 of 12 variable-number tandem repeats of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU-VNTR) loci, (iv) have similar IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) multiband patterns (10 to 15 copies) with seven common IS6110 bands, (v) do not have an IS6110 element in their DR locus, and (vi) have four IS6110 elements in open reading frames (adenylate cyclase, phospholipase C, moeY, and ATP binding genes). Analysis by spoligotyping, MIRU-VNTR, and IS6110-RFLP typing methods revealed differences not observed in previous studies; polymorphism as assessed by MIRU-VNTR typing was lower than suggested by spoligotyping, and in rare cases, strains with identical IS6110-RFLP patterns had spoligotypes differing by as much as 15 spacers. Our findings confirm the recent expansion of this family in Cameroon and indicate that the interpretation of molecular typing results has to be adapted to the characteristics of the strain population within each setting. The knowledge of this particular genotype, with its large involvement in tuberculosis in Cameroon, allows greater refinement of tuberculosis transmission studies by interpreting data in the context of this geographic area.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Cedex 15, Paris, France. Phone: 33 (0) 1 45 68 83 58. Fax: 33 (0) 1 40 61 31 18. E-mail: crisgupe{at}pasteur.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, p. 5029-5035, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5029-5035.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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