Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Geographical location of Tochigi Prefecture in Japan. Tochigi is one of the inland prefectures of the Northern portion of the Kanto region. Its population on March 1, 2007, was 2,014,931 persons. The area of Tochigi prefecture is approximately 6,400 km2, making it the 20th largest in Japan, but the largest in the Kanto region. (PPTX 127 kb

Additional file 2: Table S1. of Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Geographic analysis of lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from foreign- and Japanese-born patients living in the North, Central, and South regions of Tochigi Prefecture. (DOCX 31 kb

Additional file 3: Table S2. of Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Associations between patient gender and lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from foreign- and Japanese-born patients. (DOCX 31 kb

Additional file 4: Figure S2. of Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

Associations between patient gender and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages. The stacked bar charts show the percentages of M. tuberculosis lineages by (A) countries of birth and (B) sampling period. The numbers of isolates are indicated on the graphs. (PPTX 133 kb