Newly Identified Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 10, Central Africa

Abstract

Analysis of genome sequencing data from >100,000 genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using TB-Annotator software revealed a previously unknown lineage, proposed name L10, in central Africa. Phylogenetic reconstruction suggests L10 could represent a missing link in the evolutionary and geographic migration histories of M. africanum.

Keywords

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• TB
• respiratory infections
• bacteria
• pathogen diversification