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Population structure, biogeography and transmissibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nature communications - 20 Oct 2021
Freschi Luca, Vargas Roger, Husain Ashaque, Kamal S M Mostofa, Skrahina Alena, Tahseen Sabira, Ismail Nazir, Barbova Anna, Niemann Stefan, Cirillo Daniela Maria, Dean Anna S, Zignol Matteo, Farhat Maha Reda
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a clonal pathogen proposed to have co-evolved with its human host for millennia, yet our understanding of its genomic diversity and biogeography remains incomplete. Here we use a combination of phylogenetics and dimensionality reduction to reevaluate the population structure of M. tuberculosis, providing an in-depth analysis of the ancient Indo-Oceanic Lineage 1 and the modern...
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