Geospatial distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Africa

To investigate the distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes across Africa.The SITVIT2 global repository and PUBMED were searched for spoligotype and published genotype data respectively, of M. tuberculosis from Africa. M. tuberculosis lineages in Africa were described and compared across regions and with those from 7 European and 6 South-Asian countries. Further analysis of the major lineages and sub-lineages using Principal...