High resolution discrimination of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains based on single nucleotide polymorphisms.

Recently, the diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) population structure has been described in detail. Based on geographical separation and specific host pathogen co-evolution shaping MTBC virulence traits, at least 20 major lineages/genotypes have evolved finally leading to a c...

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Main Authors: Susanne Homolka, Michaela Projahn, Silke Feuerriegel, Tanja Ubben, Roland Diel, Ulrich Nübel, Stefan Niemann
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/479f3d36022c456e8d5fbd9324971133
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