Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis

Kirsten I. Bos (), Kelly M. Harkins, Alexander Herbig, Mireia Coscolla, Nico Weber, Iñaki Comas, Stephen A. Forrest, Josephine M. Bryant, Simon R. Harris, Verena J. Schuenemann, Tessa J. Campbell, Kerttu Majander, Alicia K. Wilbur, Ricardo A. Guichon, Dawnie L. Wolfe Steadman, Della Collins Cook, Stefan Niemann, Marcel A. Behr, Martin Zumarraga, Ricardo Bastida, Daniel Huson, Kay Nieselt, Douglas Young, Julian Parkhill, Jane E. Buikstra, Sebastien Gagneux, Anne C. Stone () and Johannes Krause ()
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Kirsten I. Bos: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Kelly M. Harkins: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, USA
Alexander Herbig: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Mireia Coscolla: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Nico Weber: Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, Sand 14, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Iñaki Comas: Genomics and Health Unit, FISABIO-Public Health, Avenida Cataluña 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain
Stephen A. Forrest: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Josephine M. Bryant: Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Simon R. Harris: Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Verena J. Schuenemann: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Tessa J. Campbell: University of Cape Town, Private Bag X1, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Kerttu Majander: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Alicia K. Wilbur: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, USA
Ricardo A. Guichon: CONICET, Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Humana (FACSO, UNCPBA), UNMDP), Calle 508 No. 881 (7631), Quequen, Argentina
Dawnie L. Wolfe Steadman: University of Tennessee, 250 South Stadium Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
Della Collins Cook: Indiana University, 701 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7100, USA
Stefan Niemann: Molecular Mycobacteriology, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Parkallee 1, 23845 Borstel, Germany
Marcel A. Behr: McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal H3G 1A4, Canada
Martin Zumarraga: Biotechnology Institute, CICVyA-INTA Castelar, Dr. Nicolás Repetto y De Los Reseros S/N, (B1686IGC) Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ricardo Bastida: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, San Luis 1722, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina
Daniel Huson: Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, Sand 14, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Kay Nieselt: Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, Sand 14, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Douglas Young: Imperial College
Julian Parkhill: Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Jane E. Buikstra: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, USA
Sebastien Gagneux: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Anne C. Stone: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2402, USA
Johannes Krause: University of Tübingen, Ruemelinstraße 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7523, 494-497

Abstract: Three 1,000-year-old mycobacterial genomes from Peruvian human skeletons reveal that a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex derived from seals caused human disease before contact in the Americas.

Date: 2014
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