Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Vargas R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7884073 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vargas Roger R Freschi Luca L Marin Maximillian M Epperson L Elaine LE Smith Melissa M Oussenko Irina I Durbin David D Strong Michael M Salfinger Max M Farhat Maha Reda MR
eLife 20210201
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally. Understanding the population dynamics of TB's causative agent <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> complex (Mtbc) in-host is vital for understanding the efficacy of antibiotic treatment. We use longitudinally collected clinical Mtbc isolates that underwent Whole-Genome Sequencing from the sputa of 200 patients to investigate Mtbc diversity during the course of active TB disease after excluding 107 cases suspected of reinfection, mixed infectio ...[more]