Shigella sonnei genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis indicate recent global dissemination from Europe

Holt, Kathryn, Baker, Stephen, Weill, François-Xavier, Holmes, Edward, Kitchen, Andrew, Yu, Jun, Sangal, Vartul, Brown, Derek, Coia, John, Kim, Dong-Wook, Choi, Seon Young, Kim, Su Hee, da Silveira, Wanderley, Pickard, Derek, Farrar, Jeremy, Parkhill, Julian, Dougan, Gordon and Thomson, Nicholas (2012) Shigella sonnei genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis indicate recent global dissemination from Europe. Nature Genetics, 44 (9). pp. 1056-1059. ISSN 1061-4036

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Abstract

Nicholas Thomson and colleagues report whole-genome sequencing of 132 globally distributed isolates of Shigella sonnei, a cause of human dysentery. Their phylogeographic analyses suggest that the current S. sonnei population is under 500 years old, and the authors are able to trace several distinct lineages that have spread out of Europe to other continents over the last few decades.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	C500 Microbiology C900 Others in Biological Sciences
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2013 09:26
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:27
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/13458

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