Author | Lopes, Joao Sollari Allegro Machado | |
Author | Marques, I | |
Author | Soares, Patricia | |
Author | Guimaraes, H | |
Author | Costa, J | |
Author | Miranda, A | |
Author | Alves, A | |
Author | Macedo, R | |
Author | Antunes, A. F | |
Author | Duarte, Tonya Azevedo | |
Author | Barbosa, Theolis Costa | |
Author | Nery, Joilda Silva | |
Author | Boechat, Neio | |
Author | Pereira, Susan Martins | |
Author | Barreto, Maurício Lima | |
Author | Leal, J. Pereira | |
Author | Gomes, Maria Gabriela Miranda | |
Author | Penha, Goncalves C | |
Access date | 2017-12-26T18:09:06Z | |
Available date | 2017-12-26T18:09:06Z | |
Document date | 2012 | |
Citation | LOPES, J. S. A. M. et al. SNP typing reveals similarity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Portugal and Northeast Brazil. In: CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL DE MEDICINA TROPICAL E MALÁRIA, 18 e CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, 48., 2012, Rio de Janeiro. Resumos... Rio de Janeiro: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012. | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/23783 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Polimorfismo de nucleotídeo único | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Genética | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Portugal | pt_BR |
Title | SNP typing reveals similarity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Portugal and Northeast Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Papers presented at events | pt_BR |
Abstract | Introduction: Human tuberculosis is an infectious disease primarily caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). At the moment, the gold standard of epidemiological genotyping of Mtb is Spoligtyping
and MIRU-VNTR. These markers, however, have limited use for phylogenetics and strain identification
since their fast substitution rate leads to convergent evolution. Recent studies have introduced the use of
single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) data for identification of Mtb strain groups. In this work we use
SNP typing techniques to characterize and compare Mtb populations from Portugal and Brazil. We
complement this analysis by discussing the benefits and caveats of this technique. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr. Ricardo Jorge. Porto, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr. Ricardo Jorge. Porto, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Direccao Geral da Saude. Lisboa, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Direccao Geral da Saude. Lisboa, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia. Oeiras, Portugal | pt_BR |
Subject | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject | Single nucleotide polymorphisms | pt_BR |
Subject | Genetic | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
Subject | Portugal | pt_BR |