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SUBMITTER: Holt KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143168 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holt Kathryn E KE McAdam Paul P Thai Phan Vuong Khac PVK Thuong Nguyen Thuy Thuong NTT Ha Dang Thi Minh DTM Lan Nguyen Ngoc NN Lan Nguyen Huu NH Nhu Nguyen Thi Quynh NTQ Hai Hoang Thanh HT Ha Vu Thi Ngoc VTN Thwaites Guy G Edwards David J DJ Nath Artika P AP Pham Kym K Ascher David B DB Farrar Jeremy J Khor Chiea Chuen CC Teo Yik Ying YY Inouye Michael M Caws Maxine M Dunstan Sarah J SJ
Nature genetics 20180521 6
To examine the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolated from tuberculosis patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we sequenced the whole genomes of 1,635 isolates and compared these with 3,144 isolates from elsewhere. The data identify an underlying burden of disease caused by the endemic Mtb lineage 1 associated with the activation of long-term latent infection, and a threefold higher burden associated with the more recently introduced Beijing lineage and lineage 4 Mtb ...[more]