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Genomic Interactions Between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Humans.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics - 1 Aug 2024
Palittapongarnpim Prasit, Tantivitayakul Pornpen, Aiewsakun Pakorn, Mahasirimongkol Surakameth, Jaemsai Bharkbhoom
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is considered by many to be the deadliest microbe, with the estimated annual cases numbering more than 10 million. The bacteria, including Mycobacterium africanum, are classified into nine major lineages and hundreds of sublineages, each with different geographical distributions and levels of virulence. The phylogeographic patterns can be a result of recent and early human migrations as...
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