Ashton, Philip M, Cha, Jaeyoon, Anscombe, Catherine, Thuong, Nguyen TT, Thwaites, Guy E and Walker, Timothy M
(2023)
Distribution and origins of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> L4 in Southeast Asia.
Microbial genomics, 9 (2).
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Abstract
Molecular and genomic studies have revealed that <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Lineage 4 (L4, Euro-American lineage) emerged in Europe before becoming distributed around the globe by trade routes, colonial migration and other historical connections. Although L4 accounts for tens or hundreds of thousands of tuberculosis (TB) cases in multiple Southeast Asian countries, phylogeographical studies have either focused on a single country or just included Southeast Asia as part of a global analysis. Therefore, we interrogated public genomic data to investigate the historical patterns underlying the distribution of L4 in Southeast Asia and surrounding countries. We downloaded 6037 genomes associated with 29 published studies, focusing on global analyses of L4 and Asian studies of <i>M. tuberculosis</i>. We identified 2256 L4 genomes including 968 from Asia. We show that 81 % of L4 in Thailand, 51 % of L4 in Vietnam and 9 % of L4 in Indonesia belong to sub-lineages of L4 that are rarely seen outside East and Southeast Asia (L4.2.2, L4.4.2 and L4.5). These sub-lineages have spread between East and Southeast Asian countries, with no recent European ancestor. Although there is considerable uncertainty about the exact direction and order of intra-Asian <i>M. tuberculosis</i> dispersal, due to differing sampling frames between countries, our analysis suggests that China may be the intermediate location between Europe and Southeast Asia for two of the three predominantly East and Southeast Asian L4 sub-lineages (L4.2.2 and L4.5). This new perspective on L4 in Southeast Asia raises the possibility of investigating host population-specific evolution and highlights the need for more structured sampling from Southeast Asian countries to provide more certainty of the historical and current routes of dispersal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | tuberculosis, genomics, phylogeography |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2023 10:52 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 17:08 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/mgen.0.000955 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000955 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3168724 |
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