Genomic analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human lung resections reveal a high frequency of polyclonal infections

Genomic analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human lung resections reveal a high frequency of polyclonal infections

Polyclonal infections occur when at least two unrelated strains of the same pathogen are detected in an individual. Here, Moreno-Molina et al. analyse sputum and surgical resections from tuberculosis patients, showing that the magnitude of polyclonal infections can be underestimated when only testin...

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Main Authors: Miguel Moreno-Molina, Natalia Shubladze, Iza Khurtsilava, Zaza Avaliani, Nino Bablishvili, Manuela Torres-Puente, Luis Villamayor, Andrei Gabrielian, Alex Rosenthal, Cristina Vilaplana, Sebastien Gagneux, Russell R. Kempker, Sergo Vashakidze, Iñaki Comas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22705-z

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22705-z

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