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Johannes Loubser

South African Medical Research CouncilORCID 0000-0002-2362-0187Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Abhinav SharmaiD· 1 shared Brendon C. ManniD· 1 shared C. Glanz· 1 shared Davi Josué MarconiD· 1 shared Emilyn Costa ConceiçãoiD· 1 shared Gian D van der SpuyiD· 1 shared Karen Rita JacobsoniD· 1 shared Karla Valéria Batista LimaiD· 1 shared

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Systematic review and meta-analysis of protocols and yield of direct from sputum sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Brendon C. Mann, Johannes Loubser, Shatha Omar, C. Glanz, Y. Ektefaie, Karen Rita Jacobson, R.M. Warren, Maha R Farhat

This study identifies factors affecting the success of direct sputum whole genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, highlighting optimal pre-processing steps and the negative impact of sodium hydroxide decontamination.

Tuberculosis · Jan 29, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

MTBseq-nf: Enabling Scalable Tuberculosis Genomics "Big Data" Analysis through a User-Friendly Nextflow Wrapper for MTBseq pipeline

Abhinav Sharma, Davi Josué Marcon, Johannes Loubser, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Gian D van der Spuy, Emilyn Costa Conceição

The paper introduces MTBseq-nf, a Nextflow wrapper for the MTBseq pipeline, improving scalability and efficiency for tuberculosis genomics analysis.

Microorganisms · Nov 25, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics