Reference set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains: A tool for research and product development.

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans and various other mammals. The human-adapted members of the MTBC comprise seven phylogenetic lineages that differ in their geographical distribution. There is growing evidence that this phylogeographic diversity modulat...

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Main Authors: Sònia Borrell, Andrej Trauner, Daniela Brites, Leen Rigouts, Chloe Loiseau, Mireia Coscolla, Stefan Niemann, Bouke De Jong, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Midori Kato-Maeda, Julia Feldmann, Miriam Reinhard, Christian Beisel, Sebastien Gagneux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214088