A Mycobacterial Perspective on Tuberculosis in West Africa: Significant Geographical Variation of M. africanum and Other M. tuberculosis Complex Lineages.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Florian Gehre (लेखक), Samrat Kumar (लेखक), Lindsay Kendall (लेखक), Mebrat Ejo (लेखक), Oumie Secka (लेखक), Boatema Ofori-Anyinam (लेखक), Emmanuel Abatih (लेखक), Martin Antonio (लेखक), Dirk Berkvens (लेखक), Bouke C de Jong (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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BACKGROUND:Phylogenetically distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages differ in their phenotypes and pathogenicity. Consequently, understanding mycobacterial population structures phylogeographically is essential for design, interpretation and generalizability of clinical trials. Comprehensive ef...