Spatiotemporal Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotypes in Florida: Genetic Diversity Segregated by Country of Birth

Marie Nancy Séraphin; Michael Lauzardo; Richard T. Doggett; Jose Zabala; J. Glenn Morris Jr.; Jason K. Blackburn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153575

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Spatiotemporal Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotypes in Florida: Genetic Diversity Segregated by Country of Birth

Marie Nancy Séraphin ,

* E-mail: nseraphin@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Michael Lauzardo,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Richard T. Doggett ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard T. Doggett, Jose Zabala

Affiliation Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Tuberculosis Control Section, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America
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Jose Zabala ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard T. Doggett, Jose Zabala

Affiliation Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Tuberculosis Control Section, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America
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J. Glenn Morris Jr.,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Jason K. Blackburn

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Department of Geography, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Spatiotemporal Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotypes in Florida: Genetic Diversity Segregated by Country of Birth

Marie Nancy Séraphin,
Michael Lauzardo,
Richard T. Doggett,
Jose Zabala,
J. Glenn Morris Jr.,
Jason K. Blackburn

Published: April 19, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153575

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