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

• Hoofdauteurs: Florian Gehre (Auteur), Samrat Kumar (Auteur), Lindsay Kendall (Auteur), Mebrat Ejo (Auteur), Oumie Secka (Auteur), Boatema Ofori-Anyinam (Auteur), Emmanuel Abatih (Auteur), Martin Antonio (Auteur), Dirk Berkvens (Auteur), Bouke C de Jong (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...