The first phylogeographic population structure and analysis of transmisison dynamics of M. africanum West African 1 - combining molecular data from Benin, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

F. Gehre, M. Antonio, F. Faíhun, M. Odoun, C. Uwizeye, P. De Rijk, B.C. de Jong, D. Affolabi

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Original languageEnglish
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume8
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)e77000
ISSN1932-6203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Bacterial diseases
  • Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium africanum
  • Prevalence
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Genotyping
  • Strains
  • Spoligotyping
  • MIRU-VNTR
  • Phylogeography
  • Clustering
  • Genetic variability
  • Transmission dynamics
  • Geographical distribution
  • Benin
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Africa-West

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