Whole genome SNP analysis suggests unique virulence factor differences of the Beijing and Manila families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found in Hawaii

• Kent Koster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Angela Largen,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Jeffrey T. Foster,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8235-8564

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• Kevin P. Drees,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Lishi Qian,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Edward P. Desmond,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America

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• Xuehua Wan,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Shaobin Hou,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• James T. Douglas

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jtd379@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-2553

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