Transmission Dynamics of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Outbreak in an Indigenous Population in the Colombian Amazon Region

Transmission Dynamics of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Outbreak in an Indigenous Population in the Colombian Amazon Region

ABSTRACT Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has become the main tool for studying the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains; however, the clonal expansion of one strain often limits its application in local MTBC outbreaks. The use of an alternative reference genome and the inc...

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Main Authors: Francy J. Pérez-Llanos, Viola Dreyer, Ivan Barilar, Christian Utpatel, Thomas A. Kohl, Martha Isabel Murcia, Susanne Homolka, Matthias Merker, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Whole-genome sequencing
Colombia
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05013-22

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