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SNP typing reveals similarity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity between Portugal and Northeast Brazil.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2013
Lopes Joao S, Marques Isabel, Soares Patricia, Nebenzahl-Guimaraes Hanna, Costa Joao, Miranda Anabela, Duarte Raquel, Alves Adriana, Macedo Rita, Duarte Tonya A, Barbosa Theolis, Oliveira Martha, Nery Joilda S, Boechat Neio, Pereira Susan M, Barreto Mauricio L, Pereira-Leal Jose, Gomes Maria Gabriela Miranda, Penha-Goncalves Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Human tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Although spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR are standard methodologies in MTBC genetic epidemiology, recent studies suggest that Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) are advantageous in phylogenetics and strain group/lineages identification. In this work we use a set of 79 SNPs to characterize 1987 MTBC...
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