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Expanded tracking of a Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain involved in an...
Genestet, Charlotte; Perdigão, João; Herranz, Marta; Maus, Sandra R.; Berland, Jean-Luc; Chiner-Oms, Álvaro; Comas, Iñaki; Muñoz, Patricia
The troika host-pathogen-extrinsic factors in tuberculosis: modulating inflamma...
Bastos, Hélder Novais; Osório, Nuno S.; Gagneux, Sebastien; Comas, Iñaki; Saraiva, MargaridaThe already enormous burden caused by tuberculosis (TB) will be further aggravated by the association of this disease with modern epidemics, as human immunodeficiency virus and diabetes. Furthermore, the increasingly aging population and the wider use of suppressive immune therapies hold the potential to enhance the incidence of TB. New preventive and therapeutic strategies based on recent advances on our under...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geograp...
Stucki, David; Brites, Daniela; Jeljeli, Leïla; Coscolla, Mireia; Liu, Qingyun; Trauner, Andrej; Fenner, Lukas; Rutaihwa, Liliana; Borrell, SoniaGeneralist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 clinical isolates, the most geographically widespread cause of human tuberculosis. We show that lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages, sugges...
Evidence for diversifying selection in a set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene...
Osório, Nuno S.; Rodrigues, Fernando; Gagneux, Sebastien; Pedrosa, Jorge; Pinto-Carbó, Marta; Castro, António G.; Young, Douglas; Comas, IñakiTuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem estimated to kill 1.4 million people per year. Recent advances in the genomics of the causative agents of TB, bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), have allowed a better comprehension of its population structure and provided the foundation for molecular evolution analyses. These studies are crucial for a better understanding of TB, includin...