SNP-IT Tool for Identifying Subspecies and Associated Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

SNP-IT Tool for Identifying Subspecies and Associated Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

The clinical phenotype of zoonotic tuberculosis and its contribution to the global burden of disease are poorly understood and probably underestimated. This shortcoming is partly because of the inability of currently available laboratory and in silico tools to accurately identify all subspecies of t...

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Main Authors: Samuel Lipworth, Rana Jajou, Albert de Neeling, Phelim Bradley, Wim van der Hoek, Gugu Maphalala, Maryline Bonnet, Elizabeth Sanchez-Padilla, Roland Diel, Stefan Niemann, Zamin Iqbal, Grace Smith, Tim Peto, Derrick Crook, Timothy Walker, Dick van Soolingen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
whole genome sequencing
zoonoses
phylogeny
single nucleotide polymorphism
SNP-IT
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-0894_article

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