New Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Sublineage, Brazzaville, Congo

Tuberculosis is a leading cause of illness and death in Congo. No data are available about the population structure and transmission dynamics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains prevalent in this central Africa country. On the basis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms detected by whole-...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Sven Malm, Laure S. Ghoma Linguissi, Emmanuel M. Tekwu, Jeannhey C. Vouvoungui, Thomas A. Kohl, Patrick Beckert, Anissa Sidibe, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Igor K. Madzou-Laboum, Sylvie Kwedi, Véronique Penlap Beng, Matthias Frank, Francine Ntoumi, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03-01
Subjects:
Genetic diversity
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
transmission
phylogeny
epidemiology
Brazzaville
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-0679_article

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