Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Botswana.
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Author list: Mogashoa T, Melamu P, Ley SD, Streicher EM, Iketleng T, Kelentse N, Mupfumi L, Mokomane M, Kgwaadira B, Novitsky V, Kasvosve I, Moyo S, Warren RM, Gaseitsiwe S
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Publication year: 2019
Journal: PLoS ONE (1932-6203)
Journal acronym: PLoS One
Volume number: 14
Issue number: 5
ISSN: 1932-6203
eISSN: 1932-6203
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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BACKGROUND\nMETHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSIONS\nMolecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) isolates can inform Tuberculosis (TB) control programs on the relative proportion of transmission driving the TB epidemic. There is limited data on the M. tb genotypes that are circulating in Botswana. The aim of this study was to generate baseline data on the genetic diversity of M.tb isolates circulating in the country.\nA total of 461 M.tb isolates received at the Botswana National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory between March 2012 and October 2013 were included in this study. Drug susceptibility testing was conducted using the BD BACTEC MGIT 960 System. M.tb strains were genotyped using spoligotyping and spoligotype patterns were compared with existing patterns in the SITVIT Web database. A subset of drug resistant isolates which formed spoligo clusters (n = 65) was additionally genotyped with 12-loci MIRU. Factors associated with drug resistance and clustering were evaluated using logistic regression.\nOf the 461 isolates genotyped, 458 showed 108 distinct spoligotype patterns. The predominant M.tb lineages were Lineage 4 (81.9%), Lineage 2 (9%) and Lineage 1 (7.2%). The predominant spoligotype families within Lineage 4 were LAM (33%), S (14%), T (16%), X (16%). Three hundred and ninety-two (86%) isolates could be grouped into 44 clusters (2-46 isolates per cluster); giving a clustering rate of 76%. We identified 173 (37.8%) drug resistant isolates, 48 (10.5%) of these were multi-drug resistant. MIRU typing of the drug resistant isolates allowed grouping of 46 isolates into 14 clusters, giving a clustering rate of 49.2%. There was no association between age, sex, treatment category, region and clustering.\nThis study highlights the complexity of the TB epidemic in Botswana with multiple strains contributing to disease and provides baseline data on the population structure of M.tb strains in Botswana.
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