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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages

  • David Stucki
  • , Daniela Brites
  • , Leïla Jeljeli
  • , Mireia Coscolla
  • , Qingyun Liu
  • , Andrej Trauner
  • , Lukas Fenner
  • , Liliana Rutaihwa
  • , Sonia Borrell
  • , Tao Luo
  • , Qian Gao
  • , Midori Kato-Maeda
  • , Marie Ballif
  • , Matthias Egger
  • , Rita Macedo
  • , Helmi Mardassi
  • , Milagros Moreno
  • , Griselda Tudo Vilanova
  • , Janet Fyfe
  • , Maria Globan
  • Jackson Thomas, Frances Jamieson, Jennifer L. Guthrie, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Eddie Wampande, Willy Ssengooba, Moses Joloba, W. Henry Boom, Indira Basu, James Bower, Margarida Saraiva, Sidra E.G. Vasconcellos, Philip Suffys, Anastasia Koch, Robert Wilkinson, Linda Gail-Bekker, Bijaya Malla, Serej D. Ley, Hans Peter Beck, Bouke C. De Jong, Kadri Toit, Elisabeth Sanchez-Padilla, Maryline Bonnet, Ana Gil-Brusola, Matthias Frank, Veronique N. Penlap Beng, Kathleen Eisenach, Issam Alani, Perpetual Wangui Ndung'U, Gunturu Revathi, Florian Gehre, Suriya Akter, Francine Ntoumi, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Nyanda E. Ntinginya, Andrea Rachow, Michael Hoelscher, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Girts Skenders, Sven Hoffner, Daiva Bakonyte, Petras Stakenas, Roland Diel, Valeriu Crudu, Olga Moldovan, Sahal Al-Hajoj, Larissa Otero, Francesca Barletta, E. Jane Carter, Lameck Diero, Philip Supply, Iñaki Comas, Stefan Niemann, Sebastien Gagneux
  • Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Swiss TPH
  • University of Basel
  • Research Center Borstel
  • Institut Pasteur de Tunis
  • Fudan University
  • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
  • Sichuan University
  • University of California San Francisco
  • Laboratório de Saúde Pública
  • Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz
  • Hospital Clinic
  • Melbourne Health
  • Ifakara Health Institute
  • Public Health Ontario
  • University of Ghana
  • Makerere University
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • LabPLUS
  • University of Minho
  • University of Minho
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
  • University of Cape Town
  • Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  • Francis Crick Institute
  • Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
  • Institute of Tropical Medicine
  • Tartu University Hospital United Laboratories
  • Epicentre
  • University Hospital la Fe
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Yaoundé I
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Faculty of Medical Technology
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Aga Khan University
  • Medical Research Council Unit
  • Université Marien Gouabi
  • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
  • Ludwig Maximilians University
  • IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
  • Riga East University Hospital-Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden
  • Vilnius University
  • Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital
  • Phthysiopneumology Institute
  • Marius Nasta Pneumophtisiology Institute
  • King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
  • Brown University
  • Moi University
  • Lille University and Hospital
  • CSIC - Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV)
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Publica
  • Borstel Site

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Abstract

Generalist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 clinical isolates, the most geographically widespread cause of human tuberculosis. We show that lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages, suggesting a distinction between generalists and specialists. Population genomic analyses showed that, whereas the majority of human T cell epitopes were conserved in all sublineages, the proportion of variable epitopes was higher in generalists. Our data further support a European origin for the most common generalist sublineage. Hence, the global success of lineage 4 reflects distinct strategies adopted by different sublineages and the influence of human migration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1535-1543
Number of pages9
JournalNature Genetics
Volume48
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2016

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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