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1 Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708–3154, USA
2 The Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708–3154, USA
3 Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
4 Swiss National Center for Mycobacteria, Department of Medical Microbiology of the University of Zörich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland
5 Departmento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
6 Texas Department of Health, Austin, TX, USA