Fighting an old disease with next-generation sequencing
Whole genome sequencing has revealed that most cases of tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting in Malawi were caused by just one lineage of the bacterium responsible for the disease.
Main Authors: | Anzaan Dippenaar, Robin M Warren |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2015-03-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/06782 |
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