POPULATION-BASED SEQUENCING OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS REVEALS HOW CURRENT POPULATION DYNAMICS ARE SHAPED BY PAST EPIDEMICS

Transmission is a driver of tuberculosis (TB) epidemics in high-burden regions, with assumed negligible impact in low-burden areas.However, we still lack a full characterization of transmission dynamics in settings with similar and different burdens.Genomic epidemiology can greatly help to quantify transmission, but the lack of whole genome sequenc

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from all plants and these VOCs are important means of communication between plants and insects.It has been documented that pathogen infections alter VOC profiles rendering infected plants more attractive to specific vectors transmitting these pathogens than uninfected plants, thus potentially aiding in