Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain:G-12-005 Genome sequencing and assembly. Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain:G-12-005

The strain was isolated in 2008 from sputum of a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis. Spoligotype and MIRU-VNTR patterns show a Beijing genotype. This genotype is well spread in the region of Caucasus, where the patient comes from. The patient was a new case, with no history of TB. This isolate is part of an outbreak within household that we aim to reconstitute the transmission chain. Despite incidence of tuberculosis is steadily decreasing in Georgia, it is still up to 116/100 000 in 2013 according WHO. Furthermore, the increasing spread of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR-TB) jeopardizes efforts to reduce the burden of the epidemic.