Whole genome SNP analysis suggests unique virulence factor differences of the Beijing and Manila families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found in Hawaii

While tuberculosis (TB) remains a global disease, the WHO estimates that 62% of the incident TB cases in 2016 occurred in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. TB in the Pacific is composed predominantly of two genetic families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb): Beijing and Manila....

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Autores principales: Koster, Kent, Largen, Angela, Foster, Jeffrey T., Drees, Kevin P., Qian, Lishi, Desmond, Edward P., Wan, Xuehua, Hou, Shaobin, Douglas, James T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30036392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201146

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30036392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201146

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