Muhammad Tahir Khan, Sajid Ali, Anwar Sheed Khan, Arif Ali, Abbas Khan, Aman Chandra Kaushik, Muhammad Irfan, Sathishkumar Chinnasamy, Shulin Zhang, Yu-Juan Zhang, Zhilei Cui, Amie Jinghua Wei, Yanjie Wang, Mingzhu Zhao, Kejia Liu, Heng Wang, Muhammad Tariq Zeb, Dong Qing Wei
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is one of the most reliable methods for detection of drug resistance, genetic diversity in other virulence factor and also evolutionary dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). First-line anti-tuberculosis drugs are the major weapons against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). However, the emergence of drug resistance remained a major obstacle towards global tuberculosis (TB) control program 2030, especially in high burden countries including Pakistan. To overcome the resistance and design potent drugs, genomic variations in drugs targets as well as in the virulence and evolutionary factors might be useful for better understanding and designing potential inhibitors...
August 2021: Infection, Genetics and Evolution