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

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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
    Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, Sand 14, 72076 Tübingen, Germany)

  • Mireia Coscolla

    (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
    University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, CH-4003 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
    CIBER (Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red) in Epidemiology and Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, 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
    German Center for Infection Research, 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
    MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK)

  • 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
    University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, CH-4003 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
    Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72070, Germany
    Max Planck Institute for Science and History, Khalaische Straße 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

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.

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  • 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. Campbe, 2014. "Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis," Nature, Nature, vol. 514(7523), pages 494-497, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:514:y:2014:i:7523:d:10.1038_nature13591
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13591
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