Implications of the population structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Benin for tuberculosis presentation, diagnosis and outcome Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Dissou Affolabi, Leen Rigouts, Bouke de Jong
The vast majority (95%) of global tuberculosis (TB) occurs in limitedresource countries [4], including Benin, a west-African country. In West-Africa, up to 40% of TB is caused by Mycobacterium africanum (MAF) [7,8], a species consisting of two distinct lineages within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBc). Recent results suggest that the MAF prevalence is decreasing in some countries, but not others [13,14]. The one and only study on ...