Pepperall Tuberculosis Map (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Pepperall Tuberculosis Map

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Map shows movement of two subtypes of the tuberculosis bacterium lineage 4 after `it was introduced, presumably by infected sailors. Today, lineage 4 causes 17 percent of China's tuberculosis cases.

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Pepperell, <em>et al</em>.,<em> Nature Ecology & Evolution</em>

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