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Comment
. 2016 Nov 29;48(12):1453-1454.
doi: 10.1038/ng.3724.

Human host range of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ruth Hershberg  1
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Human host range of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ruth Hershberg. Nat Genet. .

Abstract

A new study demonstrates that the most widespread lineage of the causative agent of tuberculosis consists of both globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages. The geographically restricted sublineages are likely able to infect only specific human populations, whereas the globally distributed ones likely have a broader human host range.

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  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages.
    Stucki D, Brites D, Jeljeli L, Coscolla M, Liu Q, Trauner A, Fenner L, Rutaihwa L, Borrell S, Luo T, Gao Q, Kato-Maeda M, Ballif M, Egger M, Macedo R, Mardassi H, Moreno M, Tudo Vilanova G, Fyfe J, Globan M, Thomas J, Jamieson F, Guthrie JL, Asante-Poku A, Yeboah-Manu D, Wampande E, Ssengooba W, Joloba M, Henry Boom W, Basu I, Bower J, Saraiva M, Vaconcellos SEG, Suffys P, Koch A, Wilkinson R, Gail-Bekker L, Malla B, Ley SD, Beck HP, de Jong BC, Toit K, Sanchez-Padilla E, Bonnet M, Gil-Brusola A, Frank M, Penlap Beng VN, Eisenach K, Alani I, Wangui Ndung'u P, Revathi G, Gehre F, Akter S, Ntoumi F, Stewart-Isherwood L, Ntinginya NE, Rachow A, Hoelscher M, Cirillo DM, Skenders G, Hoffner S, Bakonyte D, Stakenas P, Diel R, Crudu V, Moldovan O, Al-Hajoj S, Otero L, Barletta F, Jane Carter E, Diero L, Supply P, Comas I, Niemann S, Gagneux S. Stucki D, et al. Nat Genet. 2016 Dec;48(12):1535-1543. doi: 10.1038/ng.3704. Epub 2016 Oct 31. Nat Genet. 2016. PMID: 27798628 Free PMC article.

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