Tuberculosis & Genomics: What's the Connection?

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Tuberculosis & Genomics: What's the Connection?

Genomic insights into tuberculosis.
James E. Galagan Nature Reviews Genetics, March 25, 2014

Treatment practices, outcomes, and costs of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, United States, 2005–2007. 
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2014

Whole genome sequencing reveals complex evolution patterns of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains in patients
Matthias Merker, et al. PLOS One (December, 2013)

Whole genome sequencing versus traditional genotyping for investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak: A longitudinal molecular epidemiological study.  
Andreas Roetzer et al. PLOS Medicine (2013)

Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England 2014 to 2019, Public Health England

Public Health England consults on tuberculosis (TB) strategy, PHG Foundation, Mar 31

Did you know? More than 660 publications have reported on more than 300 genes in relation to tuberculosis susceptibility & outcomes, including 10 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator