Diversity and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Moving to whole-genome- based approaches

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Niemann, Stefan ^a,b   Supply, Philip ^c,d,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSERM U1019   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 84920529998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021188     Document Type: Article

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