… africanum consists of two phylogenetically distinct lineages within the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex, known as M. africanum West African 1 and M. africanum West African 2. …

… where, besides the common M. tuberculosis lineages, the two M. africanum lineages are …
of the mycobacterial population in the western part of West Africa significantly differs from the …

… M. africanum suggests other factor(s) (host/environmental) may be responsible for its continuous
presence in West Africa. … TB in humans is caused mainly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

… , and of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as its … West Africa, with a high prevalence in countries
as Benin and Ghana [15,16], while L6 strains are more prevalent in the west part of West Africa…

… tuberculosis in West Africa. We previously described phenotypic differences between MAF
and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB… In the present analysis, we compared 692 tuberculosis …

… comprising the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which includes … tuberculosis
sensu stricto, and L6 (also known as M. africanum West African 2 [MAF2], West African …

… tuberculosis complex that commonly causes human tuberculosis in West Africa and has
an attenuated phenotype relative to M. …

… We compared the abundance of mRNA encoded by the mpt64 gene in sputa of patients
with untreated pulmonary TB caused by Maf 2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). …

Findings from previous comparative genomics studies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis …
of the main prevalent MTBC genotypes in West Africa. Thirty-six whole genome sequenced …

… regulate the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthy individuals is … ,
West Africa, it is apparent that memory T-cell responses to secreted mycobacterial antigens (85-…