Mismatches between WGS- and Sanger-derived values are indicated in bold. n/a: not applicable. Read lengths obtained with DRC and Ugandan isolates were 300 and 150 nt, respectively.
a Relative growth is the increase in plate count (N3 h/N0 h) in serum expressed relative to the increase in plate count in heat-inactivated serum ( = 100%). N3 h/N0 h ranged between 240 and 347 in hea