Pre-columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of new world human tuberculosis

Modern strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Americas are closely related to those from Europe, supporting the assumption that human tuberculosis was introduced post-contact1. This notion, however, is incompatible with archaeological evidence of pre-contact tuberculosis in the New World2. C...

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Main Authors:	Bos, Kirsten I., Harkins, Kelly M., Herbig, Alexander, Coscolla, Mireia, Weber, Nico, Comas, Iñaki, Forrest, Stephen A., Bryant, Josephine M., Harris, Simon R., Schuenemann, Verena J., Campbell, Tessa J., Majander, Kerrtu, Wilbur, Alicia K., Guichon, Ricardo A., Steadman, Dawnie L. Wolfe, Cook, Della Collins, Niemann, Stefan, Behr, Marcel A., Zumarraga, Martin Jose, Bastida, Ricardo, Huson, Daniel, Nieselt, Kay, Young, Douglas, Parkhill, Julian, Buikstra, Jane E., Gagneux, Sebastien, Stone, Anne C., Krause, Johannes
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer Nature 2020
Subjects:	Tuberculosis Infección Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genomas Enfermedades Humanas Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections Genomes Human Diseases
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8175 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13591 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13591