Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis: current insights

B Mathema, NE Kurepina, PJ Bifani… - Clinical microbiology …, 2006 - journals.asm.org
Molecular epidemiologic studies of tuberculosis (TB) have focused largely on utilizing
molecular techniques to address short-and long-term epidemiologic questions, such as in …

Methodological and clinical aspects of the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria

T Jagielski, A Minias, J van Ingen… - Clinical microbiology …, 2016 - journals.asm.org
Molecular ty** has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

SITVITWEB–a publicly available international multimarker database for studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology

C Demay, B Liens, T Burguière, V Hill, D Couvin… - Infection, genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Among various genoty** methods to study Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC)
genotypic polymorphism, spoligoty** and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity: mining the fourth international spoligoty** database (SpolDB4) for classification, population genetics and …

K Brudey, JR Driscoll, L Rigouts, WM Prodinger… - BMC microbiology, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Background The Direct Repeat locus of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTC) is a member of the CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

Macro-geographical specificities of the prevailing tuberculosis epidemic as seen through SITVIT2, an updated version of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genoty** …

D Couvin, A David, T Zozio, N Rastogi - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to provide a global overview of genotypic, epidemiologic, demographic,
phylogeographical, and drug resistance characteristics related to the prevailing tuberculosis …

Evaluation and strategy for use of MIRU-VNTR plus, a multifunctional database for online analysis of genoty** data and phylogenetic identification of …

C Allix-Béguec, D Harmsen, T Weniger… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - journals.asm.org
Because of its portable data, discriminatory power, and recently proposed standardization,
mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) …

'A gentleman's handshake': The role of social capital and trust in transforming information into usable knowledge

R Fisher - Journal of Rural studies, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper explores the role of various social ties in building trust and providing
opportunities for information acquisition and knowledge exchange (IAKE). Social capital is …

Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic …

I Filliol, AS Motiwala, M Cavatore, W Qi… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.asm.org
We analyzed a global collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains using 212 single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. SNP nucleotide diversity was high (average …

The W-Bei**g Lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Overproduces Triglycerides and Has the DosR Dormancy Regulon Constitutively Upregulated

MB Reed, S Gagneux, K DeRiemer… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT The Bei**g family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has been associated
with epidemic spread and an increased likelihood of develo** drug resistance. The …

Does M. tuberculosis genomic diversity explain disease diversity?

M Coscolla, S Gagneux - Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms, 2010 - Elsevier
The outcome of tuberculosis infection and disease is highly variable. This variation has been
attributed primarily to host and environmental factors, but better understanding of the global …