Population Structure of Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Is Strain Genotype and Culture Medium Dependent

• Madeleine Hanekom ,

  * E-mail: hanekom@sun.ac.za

  Affiliation Division of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Elizabeth M. Streicher,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Doreen Van de Berg,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Helen Cox,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, Cape Town University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Cheryl McDermid,

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Marlein Bosman,

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Tommie C. Victor,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Martin Kidd,

  Affiliation Centre for Statistical Consultation, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Dick van Soolingen,

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Paul D. van Helden,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Robin M. Warren

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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