Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to indigenous populations driven by historical European trade in the South Pacific
C. V. Mulholland, S. C. Abigail, H. L. Aung, R. T. Cursons, R. F. OToole, S. S. Gautam, D. Brites, S. Gagneux, S. A. Roberts, N. Karalus, G. M. Cook, C. S. Pepperell, V. Arcus
This paper traces the dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4.4 strains in New Zealand and Canada using genomic data, linking their spread to historical European trade and migration.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2019Evolutionary Biology