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Independent large scale duplications in multiple M. tuberculosis lineages overlapping the same genomic region.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Weiner Brian, Gomez James, Victor Thomas C, Warren Robert M, Sloutsky Alexander, Plikaytis Bonnie B, Posey James E, van Helden Paul D, Gey van Pittius Nicolass C, Koehrsen Michael, Sisk Peter, Stolte Christian, White Jared, Gagneux Sebastien, Birren Bruce, Hung Deborah, Murray Megan, Galagan James
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of most human tuberculosis, infects one third of the world's population and kills an estimated 1.7 million people a year. With the world-wide emergence of drug resistance, and the finding of more functional genetic diversity than previously expected...
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