Optimizing culture-free approaches to recover high quality <i>M. tuberculosis</i> genomic variation

Hybrid capture of diagnostic sputa samples efficiently generates accurate <i>Mtb</i> whole genome sequences and minority variant calls. Hybrid capture may offer an alternative to culture-based sequencing that could extend the coverage of genomic epidemiology studies.

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medRxiv
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2025-12-18
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https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.16.25342406
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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
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Optimizing culture-free approaches to recover high quality M. tuberculosis genomic variation

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Hybrid capture of diagnostic sputa samples efficiently generates accurate <i>Mtb</i> whole genome sequences and minority variant calls. Hybrid capture may offer an alternative to culture-based sequencing that could extend the coverage of genomic epidemiology studies.

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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (BR), Simon Fraser University (CA), University of Utah (US), Yale University (US), ARUP Laboratories (United States) (US), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR), Columbia University (US), Stanford University (US)
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