Single nucleotide polymorphisms may explain the contrasting phenotypes of two variants of a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain

In this study, we sequenced the whole genomes of a highly prosperous M-family strain (Mp) and its contemporary variant, strain 410, which produced only one recorded tuberculosis case in the last two decades.

Source: Tuberculosis - January 3, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mar ía Mercedes Bigi, Beatriz Lopez, Federico Carlos Blanco, María del Carmen Sasiain, Silvia De la Barrera, Marcelo A. Marti, Ezequiel Jorge Sosa, Darío Augusto Fernández Do Porto, Viviana Ritacco, Fabiana Bigi, Marcelo Abel Soria Source Type: research