Harmonized Genome Wide Typing of Tubercle Bacilli Using a Web-Based Gene-By-Gene Nomenclature SystemResearch in context

Background: Global tuberculosis (TB) control is challenged by uncontrolled transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (Mtbc) strains, esp. of multidrug (MDR) or extensively resistant (XDR) variants. Precise analysis of transmission networks is the basis to trace outbreak M/XDR clones and imp...

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Main Authors: Thomas A. Kohl, Dag Harmsen, Jörg Rothgänger, Timothy Walker, Roland Diel, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418302731