| first insight into mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology and genetic diversity in trinidad and tobago. | this report is based on a 1-year recruitment of all of the culture-positive mycobacterium tuberculosis cases in trinidad and tobago (n = 132). the study population was characterized by a high male-to-female sex ratio of 4 and a human immunodeficiency virus-tuberculosis (tb) coinfection rate of 30%. it mainly occurred among african descendants, who represent 37.5% of the total population but 69.7% of all tb cases (p < 0.001). spoligotyping resulted in 25 different patterns and 12 clusters (2 to 7 ... | 2009 | 19403776 |