Genetic Structuration, Demography and Evolutionary History of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LAM9 Sublineage in the Americas as Two Distinct Subpopulations Revealed by Bayesian Analyses

Yann Reynaud; Julie Millet; Nalin Rastogi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140911

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Genetic Structuration, Demography and Evolutionary History of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LAM9 Sublineage in the Americas as Two Distinct Subpopulations Revealed by Bayesian Analyses

Yann Reynaud ,

* E-mail: yreynaud@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (YR); nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (NR)

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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Julie Millet,

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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Nalin Rastogi

* E-mail: yreynaud@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (YR); nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (NR)

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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Genetic Structuration, Demography and Evolutionary History of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LAM9 Sublineage in the Americas as Two Distinct Subpopulations Revealed by Bayesian Analyses

Yann Reynaud,
Julie Millet,
Nalin Rastogi

Published: October 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140911

About the Authors

Yann Reynaud

* E-mail: yreynaud@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (YR); nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (NR)

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

Julie Millet

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

Nalin Rastogi

* E-mail: yreynaud@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (YR); nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr (NR)

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YR. Performed the experiments: YR. Analyzed the data: YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YR JM NR. Wrote the paper: YR JM NR.

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