Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

In settings with high tuberculosis (TB) endemicity, distinct genotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) often differ in prevalence. However, the factors leading to these differences remain poorly understood. Here we studied the MTBC population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania over a six-ye...

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Main Authors: Michaela Zwyer, Liliana K Rutaihwa, Etthel Windels, Jerry Hella, Fabrizio Menardo, Mohamed Sasamalo, Gregor Sommer, Lena Schmülling, Sonia Borrell, Miriam Reinhard, Anna Dötsch, Hellen Hiza, Christoph Stritt, George Sikalengo, Lukas Fenner, Bouke C De Jong, Midori Kato-Maeda, Levan Jugheli, Joel D Ernst, Stefan Niemann, Leila Jeljeli, Marie Ballif, Matthias Egger, Niaina Rakotosamimanana, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Prince Asare, Bijaya Malla, Horng Yunn Dou, Nicolas Zetola, Robert J Wilkinson, Helen Cox, E Jane Carter, Joachim Gnokoro, Marcel Yotebieng, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Alash'le Abimiku, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Zhi Ming Xu, Jacques Fellay, Damien Portevin, Klaus Reither, Tanja Stadler, Sebastien Gagneux, Daniela Brites
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010893

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