Whole-genome sequencing to characterize the genetic structure and transmission risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Yichang city of China

• Egile Nagusiak: Lv Ji (Egilea), Feng-Xi Tao (Egilea), Yun-Fang Yu (Egilea), Jian-Hua Liu (Egilea), Feng-Hua Yu (Egilea), Chun-Lin Bai (Egilea), Zheng-Yang Wan (Egilea), Xiao-Bo Yang (Egilea), Jing Ma (Egilea), Pan Zhou (Egilea), Zhao Niu (Egilea), Ping Zhou (Egilea), Hong Xiang (Egilea), Ming Chen (Egilea), Zhou Xiang (Egilea), Fang-Qiong Zhang (Egilea), Qi Jiang (Egilea), Xiao-Jun Liu (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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ObjectiveThe burden of both general and drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural areas is higher than that in urban areas in China. To characterize the genetic structure and transmission risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in rural China, we used whole genome sequencing to analyze clinical strains collec...