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Eighteenth-century genomes show that mixed infections were common at time of peak tuberculosis in Europe

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Kay, Gemma L., Sergeant, Martin J., Zhou, Zhemin, Chan, Jacqueline, Millard, Andrew D., Quick, Joshua, Szikossy, Ildikó, Pap, Ildikó, Spigelman, Mark, Loman, Nicholas J., Achtman, Mark, Donoghue, Helen D. and Pallen, Mark J. (2015) Eighteenth-century genomes show that mixed infections were common at time of peak tuberculosis in Europe. Nature Communications, Volume 6 . pp. 1-9. Article number 6717. doi:10.1038/ncomms7717 ISSN 2041-1723.

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) was once a major killer in Europe, but it is unclear how the strains and patterns of infection at ‘peak TB’ relate to what we see today. Here we describe 14 genome sequences of M. tuberculosis, representing 12 distinct genotypes, obtained from human remains from eighteenth-century Hungary using metagenomics. All our historic genotypes belong to M. tuberculosis Lineage 4. Bayesian phylogenetic dating, based on samples with well-documented dates, places the most recent common ancestor of this lineage in the late Roman period. We find that most bodies yielded more than one M. tuberculosis genotype and we document an intimate epidemiological link between infections in two long-dead individuals. Our results suggest that metagenomic approaches usefully inform detection and characterization of historical and contemporary infections.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Tuberculosis -- Microbiology, Metagenomics
Journal or Publication Title: Nature Communications
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 2041-1723
Official Date: 7 April 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
7 April 2015Published
18 February 2015Accepted
24 October 2014Submitted
Volume: Volume 6
Number of Pages: 9
Page Range: pp. 1-9
Article Number: Article number 6717
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7717
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 29 December 2015
Funder: Warwick Medical School, Wellcome Trust (London, England), Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC)
Grant number: 0516/Z/97/Z (WT)

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