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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3791-3794, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01247-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Assessment of Population Structure and Major Circulating Phylogeographical Clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Bangladesh Suggests a High Prevalence of a Specific Subclade of Ancient M. tuberculosis Genotypes{triangledown}

Zeaur Rahim,1* Khadiza Zaman,1 Adri G. M. van der Zanden,2 Marius J. Möllers,2 Dick van Soolingen,3 Rubhana Raqib,1 Khalequ Zaman,1 Vikarunessa Begum,4 Leen Rigouts,5 Françoise Portaels,5 Nalin Rastogi,6 and Christophe Sola6,{dagger}

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh,1 Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Gelre Hospitals, Albert Schweitzerlaan 34, P.O. Box 9014, 7300 DS Apeldoorn, The Netherlands,2 The National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands,3 National Tuberculosis Control Program, Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh,4 Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, "Prince Leopold," Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium,5 Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, 97165 Pointe à Pitre Cedex, Guadeloupe6

Received 20 June 2007/ Returned for modification 9 August 2007/ Accepted 29 August 2007

Spoligotyping was performed to study the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains (n = 224) from Bangladesh. Strains were split into principal genetic group 1 (PGG 1 [75.0%]) and PGG 2 and 3 (25%). Forty-nine strains with a new spoligotype signature and considered as south or southeast Asian-linked emerging clones were designated as "Matlab type."

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Center for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Phone: 880 2 8811751. Fax: 880 2 8812529. E-mail: zeaur{at}icddrb.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 September 2007.

{dagger} Present address: Unité de Génétique Mycobactérienne, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75024 Paris-Cedex 15, France.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3791-3794, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01247-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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