Spatiotemporal persistence of multiple, diverse clades and toxins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Spatiotemporal persistence of multiple, diverse clades and toxins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Cases of diphtheria have increased in recent years. Here, the authors analyse the genomes of 502 Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates across 16 countries and territories over 122 years, describing an increase in antimicrobial resistance genes and identifying toxin variants.

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Main Authors: Robert C. Will, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Naresh Chand Sharma, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Lucky Sangal, Pradeep Haldar, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Karthick Vasudevan, Dhirendra Kumar, Bhabatosh Das, Eva Heinz, Vyacheslav Melnikov, Stephen Baker, Vartul Sangal, Gordon Dougan, Ankur Mutreja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21870-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21870-5

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