Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotypic Diversity in Malaysia Reveals a Predominance of Ancestral East-African-Indian Lineage with a Malaysia-Specific Signature

• Fazli Ismail,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• David Couvin,

  Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

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• Izzah Farakhin,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Zaidah Abdul Rahman,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Nalin Rastogi,

  Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

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• Siti Suraiya

  * E-mail: ssuraiya@usm.my

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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