Alberto L. García‐Basteiro

This study finds higher QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus IFNγ concentrations are associated with progression to symptomatic TB and meet WHO biomarker thresholds.

This study shows that culturing Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples accurately mirrors the genetic diversity found in the original clinical samples, with high variant agreement and correlation.

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.

The paper analyzes whole genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages L1 and L3 to show South Asia's role in their dispersion and identify local adaptation at the esxH locus.

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