Newly Identified Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 10, Central Africa
Guyeux C, Senelle G, Le Meur A, Supply P, Gaudin C, Phelan JE, Clark TG, Rigouts L, et al. (11 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2024-10
Abstract
Analysis of genome sequencing data from >100,000 genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using TB-Annotator software revealed a previously unknown lineage, proposed name L10, in central Africa. Phylogenetic reconstruction suggests L10 could represent a missing link in the evolutionary and geographic migration histories of M. africanum.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium
- Phylogeny
- Software
- Africa, Central
- Biological Evolution