Daniela Brites, PhD

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Loiseau C, Menardo F, Aseffa A, Hailu E, Gumi B, Ameni G, Berg S, Rigouts L, Robbe-Austerman S, Zinsstag J, Gagneux S, Brites D. An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis. Evol Med Public Health. 2020;2020:49-59. DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoaa005

Loiseau C, Brites D, Moser I, Coll F, Pourcel C, Robbe-Austerman S, Escuyer V, Musser K.A, Peacock S.J, Feuerriegel S, Kohl T.A, Niemann S, Gagneux S, Köser C.U. Revised interpretation of the Hain Lifescience GenoType MTBC to differentiate Mycobacterium canettii and members of the M. tuberculosis complex. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019;63(6):e00159-19. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00159-19

Rutaihwa L, Menardo F, Stucki D, Gygli S.M, Ley S.D, Malla B, Feldmann J, Borrell S, Beisel C, Middelkoop K, Carter J.E, Diero L, Ballif M, Jugheli L, Reither K, Fenner L, Brites D, Gagneux S. Multiple introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 2-Beijing into Africa over centuries. Front Ecol Evol. 2019;7:112. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00112

Brites D, Loiseau C, Menardo F, Borrell S, Boniotti B, Warren R, Dippenaar A, Parsons S.D.C, Beisel C, Behr M.A, Fyfe J.A, Coscolla M, Gagneux S. A new phylogenetic framework for the animal-adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Front Microbiol. 2018;9:2820. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02820

Koch A, Brites D, Stucki D, Evans J.C, Seldon R, Heekes A, Mulder N, Nicol M, Oni T, Warner D.F, Mizrahi V, Parkhill J, Gagneux S, Martin D.P, Wilkinson R.J. The influence of HIV on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Biol Evol. 2017;34(7):1654-1668. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx107

Stucki D, Brites D, Jeljeli L, Coscolla M, Liu Q, Trauner A, Fenner L, Rutaihwa L, Borrell S, Luo T, Gao Q, Kato-Maeda M, Ballif M, Egger M, Macedo R, Mardassi H, Moreno M, Vilanova G.T, Fyfe J, Globan M, Thomas J, Jamieson F, Guthrie J.L, Asante-Poku A, Yeboah-Manu D, Wampande E, Ssengooba W, Joloba M, Boom W.H, Basu I, Bower J, Saraiva M, Vasconcellos S.E, Suffys P, Koch A, Wilkinson R, Gail-Bekker L, Malla B, Ley S.D, Beck H.P, de Jong B.C, Toit K, Sanchez-Padilla E, Bonnet M, Gil-Brusola A, Frank M, Penlap Beng V.N, Eisenach K, Alani I, Ndung'u P.W, Revathi G, Gehre F, Akter S, Ntoumi F, Stewart-Isherwood L, Ntinginya N.E, Rachow A, Hoelscher M, Cirillo D.M, Skenders G, Hoffner S, Bakonyte D, Stakenas P, Diel R, Crudu V, Moldovan O, Al-Hajoj S, Otero L, Barletta F, Carter E.J, Diero L, Supply P, Comas I, Niemann S, Gagneux S. Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages. Nat Genet. 2016;48(12):1535-1543. DOI: 10.1038/ng.3704

Brites D, Gagneux S. Old and new selective pressures on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Genet Evol. 2012;12(4):678-685. DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.010

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Switzerland