Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Pará, Brazil, reveals a higher frequency of ancestral strains than previously reported in South America

There is only scarce information available on genotypic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) clinical isolates circulating in the Northern part of Brazil, a relatively neglected region regarding research on tuberculosis. We therefore characterized 980 MTBC clinical isolates fro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection, genetics and evolution genetics and evolution, 2017-12, Vol.56, p.62-72
Hauptverfasser:	Conceição, Emilyn Costa, Rastogi, Nalin, Couvin, David, Lopes, Maria Luíza, Furlaneto, Ismari Perini, Gomes, Harrison Magdinier, Vasconcellos, Sidra Ezídio Gonçalves, Suffys, Philip Noel, Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz, de Sousa, Maísa Silva, Sola, Christophe, de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Ricardo José, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Batista Lima, Karla Valéria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteriology Brazil EAI lineage Euro-American lineage Genetics Life Sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Population-structure Spoligotyping
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