Population Genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia Contradicts the Virgin Soil Hypothesis for Human Tuberculosis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 3260-3266

  Comas, Iñaki ^a,b   Hailu, Elena ^c   Kiros, Teklu ^c   Bekele, Shiferaw ^c   Mekonnen, Wondale ^c   Gumi, Balako ^c   Tschopp, Rea ^c,d,e   Ameni, Gobena ^f   Hewinson, R Glyn ^g   Robertson, Brian D ^h   Goig, Galo A ^a   Stucki, David ^d,e   Gagneux, Sebastien ^d,e   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Young, Douglas ⁱ   Berg, Stefan ^f  

^a Genomics and Health   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84955675429     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.061     Document Type: Article

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