Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineage 3 as Causative Agent of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Eastern Sudan1
Yassir A. Shuaib
, Eltahir A.G. Khalil, Lothar H. Wieler, Ulrich E. Schaible, Mohammed A. Bakheit, Saad E. Mohamed-Noor, Mohamed A. Abdalla, Glennah Kerubo, Sönke Andres, Doris Hillemann, Elvira Richter, Katharina Kranzer, Stefan Niemann
2, and Matthias Merker
2
Author affiliations: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Y.A. Shuaib, L.H. Wieler); Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany (Y.A. Shuaib, U.E. Schaible, S. Andres, D. Hillemann, S. Niemann, M. Merker); Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan (Y.A. Shuaib, S.E. Mohamed-Noor, M.A. Abdalla); University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (E.A.G. Khalil, M.A. Bakheit); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin (L.H. Wieler); Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya (G. Kerubo); Labor Limbach, Heidelberg, Germany (E. Richter); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (K. Kranzer); German Center for Infection Research, Borstel Site, Borstel (S. Niemann, M. Merker)
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Figure 2. MTBC population structure in eastern Sudan. Maximum-likelihood tree based on 11,932 concatenated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using a general time-reversible substitution model. Colored bars code for (inner to outer ring) MTBC lineages (L1–4); genotypic DST results stratified to MDR, non-MDR, and pansusceptible; sampling location; and clustered and nonclustered strains (SNP distance ≤12). MDR, multidrug resistant; MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
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