Pangenome and genomic signatures linked to the dominance of the lineage-4 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in western Ethiopia

• Basha Chekesa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: balchachekesa@gmail.com (BC); gobena.ameni@uaeu.ac.ae (GA)

  Affiliations Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Collage of Natural and Computational Science, Wallaga University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7816-5209

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• Harinder Singh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Sanjay Vashee,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Rosana Wiscovitch-Russo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Christopher L. Dupont,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Musse Girma,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Oudessa Kerro,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Agriculture, The University of Tennessee, Tennessee, Knoxville, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2108-8905

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• Balako Gumi,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Gobena Ameni

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: balchachekesa@gmail.com (BC); gobena.ameni@uaeu.ac.ae (GA)

  Affiliations Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-0671

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