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Last Posted: Apr 16, 2020

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• Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to describe the transmission dynamics among Inuit residing in Iqaluit Nunavut using whole genome sequencing. 
  Alvarez Gonzalo G et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Apr
• Bayesian reconstruction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission networks in a high incidence area over two decades in Malawi reveals associated risk factors and genomic variants. 
  Sobkowiak Benjamin et al. Microbial genomics 2020 Apr
• Modeling Missing Cases and Transmission Links in Networks of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 
  Nelson Kristin N et al. American journal of epidemiology 2020 Apr
• A model of tuberculosis clustering in low incidence countries reveals more transmission in the United Kingdom than the Netherlands between 2010 and 2015. 
  Brooks-Pollock Ellen et al. PLoS computational biology 2020 Mar (3) e1007687
• Improving tuberculosis surveillance by detecting international transmission using publicly available whole-genome sequencing data 
  Sanchini A, et al. bioRxiv, Mar 23, 2020.
• How artificial kidneys and miniaturized dialysis could save millions of lives 
  C Huff, Nature News, March 11, 2020
• A scalable, efficient, and safe method to prepare high quality DNA from mycobacteria and other challenging cells. 
  Epperson L Elaine et al. Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases 2020 May 100150
• Phylogenetically informative mutations in genes implicated in antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. 
  Merker Matthias et al. Genome medicine 2020 Mar (1) 27
• Systematic review of whole genome sequencing data to predict phenotypic drug resistance and susceptibility in Swedish Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates 2016-2018. 
  Enkirch Theresa et al. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2020 Mar
• Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis output and detection of subclinical disease by face-mask sampling: prospective observational studies. 
  Williams Caroline M et al. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2020 Feb