Palaeogenomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Epidemic bursts with a degrading genome

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 641-650

  Djelouadji, Zoheira ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; ECOTYPE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960700334     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70093-7     Document Type: Review

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