Verification of emerging genomic mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis allows transmission chains to be distinguished in an epidemiological typing cluster extending over thirty years.
Rina de Zwaan, Gèrard de Vries, Ella Ubbelohde, Arnout Mulder, Miranda Kamst, Karin Rebel, Saskia Kautz, Kristin Kremer, Richard M. Anthony, Dick van Soolingen
The paper identifies emerging SNPs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to distinguish transmission chains in a long-term epidemiological cluster.
PLoS ONE · Jun 18, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology