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. 2010 Mar;16(3):542–545. doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090813

Table 1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from CEL groups, the Midlands, UK*.

Continent and CEL group No. (%) isolates
Africa 263 (6)
Somalia 130 (3)
Other, n = 18 groups
133 (3)
North and South America
CEL group, n = 3 groups
18 (0)
Asia 2,421 (58)
India 912 (22)
Pakistan 777 (18)
Pakistan–Kashmir 212 (5)
Bangladesh 199 (5)
Northern India 95 (2)
Other, n = 22 groups
226 (5)
Europe 1,473 (35)
England 1,031 (25)
Ireland 123 (3)
Scotland 99 (2)
Wales 98 (2)
Other, n = 23 groups
122 (3)
Unclassified
32 (0)
Total 4,207 (100)

*CEL, cultural, ethnic, and linguistic. CEL groups representing <1% (42 isolates) of the total are not shown.