Publications

Towards better prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages from MIRU-VNTR data.

Author(s): Thain N, Le C, Crossa A, Ahuja SD, Meissner JS, Mathema B, Kreiswirth B, Kurepina N, Cohen T, Chindelevitch L|Journal: Infect Genet Evol|PMID: 29960078| August 2019

The determination of lineages from strain-based molecular genotyping information is an important problem in tuberculosis. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number…

Mechanisms of genome evolution of Streptococcus.

Author(s): Andam CP, Hanage WP|Journal: Infect Genet Evol|PMID: 25461843| July 2015

The genus Streptococcus contains 104 recognized species, many of which are associated with human or animal hosts. A globally prevalent…

The emergence and maintenance of sickle cell hotspots in the Mediterranean.

Author(s): Penman BS, Gupta S, Buckee CO|Journal: Infect Genet Evol|PMID: 22704979| October 2012

Genetic disorders of haemoglobin (haemoglobinopathies), including the thalassaemias and sickle cell anaemia, abound in historically malarious regions, due to the…