Frequent transmission of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage and positive selection for the EsxW Beijing variant in Vietnam

Author(s):

Kathryn E. Holt, Paul McAdam, Phan Vuong Khac Thai, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Nguyen Ngoc Lan, Nguyen Huu Lan, Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu, Hoang Thanh Hai, Vu Thi Ngoc Ha, Guy Thwaites, David J. Edwards, Artika P. Nath, Kym Pham, David B. Ascher, Jeremy Farrar, Chiea Chuen Khor, Yik Ying Teo, Michael Inouye, Maxine Caws, Sarah J. Dunstan

Details:

Nature Genetics, Volume 50, Issue 6, 2018-06-01

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Affiliations:

• University of Melbourne
• National University of Singapore
• Nuffield Department of Medicine
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
• Singapore Eye Research Institute
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
• A-Star, Genome Institute of Singapore
• Strangeways Research Laboratory
• Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
• Department of Clinical Pathology
• Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital
• Birat Nepal Medical Trust