The results, published in Nature Communications, identify genetic variants of tuberculosis bacteria that previously went unnoticed and reveal a higher rate of evolution of the bacteria than estimated. This knowledge will improve the tracking of contagion chains and could guide the design of future vaccines. So far, most studies used short-reading DNA sequencing techniques, a methodology that fragments the 4,000 genes of the Mycobacterium tubercu…
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The results, published in Nature Communications, identify genetic variants of tuberculosis bacteria that previously went unnoticed and reveal a higher rate of evolution of the bacteria than estimated. This knowledge will improve the tracking of contagion chains and could guide the design of future vaccines. So far, most studies used short-reading DNA sequencing techniques, a methodology that fragments the 4,000 genes of the Mycobacterium tubercu…