Emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing lineage in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau: a snapshot of moving clones by whole-genome sequencing

The Beijing genotype comprises a highly disseminated strain type that is frequently associated with multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and increased transmissibility but, countries such as Portugal and Guinea-Bissau fall outside the regions phylogeographically associated with this specific...

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Main Author: Perdigão, João (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Carla (author), Maltez, Fernando (author), Machado, Diana (author), Miranda, Anabela (author), Couto, Isabel (author), Rabna, Paulo (author), Florez de Sessions, Paola (author), Phelan, Jody (author), Pain, Arnab (author), McNerney, Ruth (author), Hibberd, Martin L. (author), Mokrousov, Igor (author), Clark, Taane G. (author), Viveiros, Miguel (author), Portugal, Isabel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Beijing
MIRU-VNTR
MtbC15-9 100-32
MtbC15-9 94-32
Mycobacteria
Migration
Tuberculosis
Infecções Respiratórias
Portugal
Guinea-Bissau
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7229
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/7229

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