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Silvia Blanco

Manhiça Health Research Centre

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2

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Alberto L. García‐BasteiroiD· 2 shared Iñaki ComasiD· 2 shared Álvaro Chiner‐OmsiD· 1 shared Ana María García GarcíaiD· 1 shared Belén SaavedraiD· 1 shared Carlos Francisco Madrazo-MoyaiD· 1 shared Durval RespeitoiD· 1 shared Edson MambuqueiD· 1 shared

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2020-2022 · peak 1/yr

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Unravelling the population structure and transmission patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mozambique, a high TB/HIV burden country

Belén Saavedra, Mariana G. López, Álvaro Chiner‐Oms, Ana María García García, Irving Cancino‐Muñoz, Manuela Torres‐Puente, Luis M. Villamayor, Carlos Francisco Madrazo-Moya, Edson Mambuque, Guillermo Sequera, Durval Respeito, Silvia Blanco, Orvalho Joaquim Augusto, Elisa López‐Varela, Alberto L. García‐Basteiro, Iñaki Comas

The paper uses whole-genome sequencing to analyze Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and transmission patterns in Mozambique, finding recent transmission and endemic clades linked to HIV/TB coinfected patients.

Microbial Genomics · Jul 5, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Contaminant DNA in bacterial sequencing experiments is a major source of false genetic variability

Galo Adrián Goig, Silvia Blanco, Alberto L. García‐Basteiro, Iñaki Comas

The paper evaluates the impact of contaminant DNA in whole-genome sequencing and shows it introduces false genetic variability, proposing contamination-aware analysis pipelines.

BMC Biology · Mar 2, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics