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Mycobacterium africanum is associated with patient ethnicity in Ghana.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Asante-Poku Adwoa, Yeboah-Manu Dorothy, Otchere Isaac Darko, Aboagye Samuel Y, Stucki David, Hattendorf Jan, Borrell Sonia, Feldmann Julia, Danso Emelia, Gagneux Sebastien
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa that is rarely observed elsewhere. Here we genotyped 613 MTBC clinical isolates from Ghana, and searched for associations between the different phylogenetic lineages of MTBC and patient variables. We found that 17.1% (105/613) of the MTBC isolates belonged to M....
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