Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Southern Xinjiang, China Using Spoligotyping and 15-Locus MIRU-VNTR Typing.

Our data demonstrated that the Beijing genotype is the dominant lineage, associated with drug resistance, and was more likely to infect young people and contributed to tuberculosis transmission in southern Xinjiang, China. These findings will contribute to a better understanding of tuberculosis epidemiology in this area.