Mycobacterium africanum (Lineage 6) shows slower sputum smear conversion on tuberculosis treatment than Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Lineage 4) in Bamako, Mali

Association of Mycobacterium africanum Infection with Slower Disease Progression Compared with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Malian Patients with Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium africanum (MAF) is known to endemically cause up to 40–50% of all pulmonary TB in Wes

Comparative genomics of <i>Mycobacterium africanum</i> Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests different ecological niches

Abstract Mycobacterium africanum (

Lineage-specific SNPs for genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe infectious disease worldwide. Genetic variation of the causa

Differential HLA allele frequency in <i>Mycobacterium africanum</i> vs <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> in Mali

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), however, the distributio

Genomic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 7 and a proposed name: ‘Aethiops vetus’

Lineage 7 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex has recently been identified among strains ori

The genome of Mycobacterium africanum west African 2 reveals a lineage-specific locus and genome erosion common to the M. tuberculosis complex