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Dynamics of within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and heteroresistance during treatment.
EBioMedicine - 1 May 2020
Nimmo Camus, Brien Kayleen, Millard James, Grant Alison D, Padayatchi Nesri, Pym Alexander S, O'Donnell Max, Goldstein Richard, Breuer Judith, Balloux François
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BACKGROUND: Studying within-host genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in patients during treatment may identify adaptations to antibiotic and immune pressure. Understanding the significance of genetic heteroresistance, and more specifically heterozygous resistance-associated variants (RAVs), is clinically important given increasing use of rapid molecular tests and whole genome sequencing (WGS)....
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