Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, Using
Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis.
Jpn J Infect Dis 2021;
74:587-591. [PMID:
33952767 DOI:
10.7883/yoken.jjid.2020.1060]
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Abstract
To investigate the molecular epidemiological characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains collected in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, 483 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were used for Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA) 18-variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis during 2015-2019. To estimate the lineages of M. tuberculosis strains, JATA18-VNTR profiles were applied to a maximum a posteriori method. The results revealed that the ancient Beijing subfamily, accounting for 57.3% (277/483) was the most prevalent M. tuberculosis strain. Furthermore, 18 clusters (GC-1-GC-18) were found by minimum spanning tree analysis. The proportion of clustering strains was 9.9% (48/483), and epidemiological links to these clusters were unclear without GC-6 and GC-18. Meanwhile, interestingly, VNTR profiles of GC-7-GC-9 and GC-14 were indistinguishable from the regional epidemic strains of Nagoya City, which has a strong socioeconomic relationship with Gifu Prefecture, but did not match the nationwide epidemic strains. This study suggests that coordinated analyses within prefectures with strong socioeconomic relationships are important.
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