01245nas a2200265 4500000000100000008004100001260003800042653002400080653001700104653002700121653001300148653004000161653001200201653001500213100001300228700002000241700001200261700001200273700001100285700001300296245010600309856006300415520048700478022001400965 2022 d bAmerican Society for Microbiology10aInfectious Diseases10aCell Biology10aMicrobiology (medical)10aGenetics10aGeneral Immunology and Microbiology10aEcology10aPhysiology1 aSilva FJ1 aSantos-Garcia D1 aZheng X1 aZhang L1 aHan XY1 aSharma G00aConstruction and Analysis of the Complete Genome Sequence of Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis uhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.01692-213 a

Leprosy is a dreaded infection that still affects millions of people worldwide. Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a recently recognized cause in addition to the well-known Mycobacterium leprae . M. lepromatosis is likely specific for diffuse lepromatous leprosy, a severe form of the infection and endemic in Mexico. This study constructed and annotated the complete genome sequence of M. lepromatosis FJ924 and performed comparative genomic analyses with related mycobacteria.

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