Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Driven by Historical European Trade in the South Pacific

Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Driven by Historical European Trade in the South Pacific

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a globally distributed bacterial pathogen whose population structure has largely been shaped by the activities of its obligate human host. Oceania was the last major global region to be reached by Europeans and is the last region for which the dispersal and evolut...

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Main Authors: Claire V. Mulholland, Abigail C. Shockey, Htin L. Aung, Ray T. Cursons, Ronan F. O’Toole, Sanjay S. Gautam, Daniela Brites, Sebastien Gagneux, Sally A. Roberts, Noel Karalus, Gregory M. Cook, Caitlin S. Pepperell, Vickery L. Arcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
pathogen
phylodynamics
phylogeography
indigenous people
Pacific
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02778/full

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