Emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing lineage in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau: a snapshot of moving clones by whole-genome sequencing

The Beijing genotype comprises a highly disseminated strain type that is frequently associated with multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and increased transmissibility but, countries such as Portugal and Guinea-Bissau fall outside the regions phylogeographically associated with this specific...

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Published in:	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Main Authors:	João Perdigão, Carla Silva, Fernando Maltez, Diana Machado, Anabela Miranda, Isabel Couto, Paulo Rabna, Paola Florez de Sessions, Jody Phelan, Arnab Pain, Ruth McNerney, Martin L. Hibberd, Igor Mokrousov, Taane G. Clark, Miguel Viveiros, Isabel Portugal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Subjects:	MIRU-VNTR tuberculosis migration Mycobacteria Beijing MtbC15-9 94-32
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1774425