Mycobacterium africanum is associated with patient ethnicity in Ghana.
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 phylogeneti...
Main Authors: | Adwoa Asante-Poku, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Isaac Darko Otchere, Samuel Y Aboagye, David Stucki, Jan Hattendorf, Sonia Borrell, Julia Feldmann, Emelia Danso, Sebastien Gagneux |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4287525?pdf=render |
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