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Multigenic control of disease severity after virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2003
Sánchez Fabio, Radaeva Tatiana V, Nikonenko Boris V, Persson Ann-Sophie, Sengul Selim, Schalling Martin, Schurr Erwin, Apt Alexander S, Lavebratt Catharina
Abstract excerpt
Following challenge with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mice of the I/St inbred strain exhibit shorter survival time, more rapid body weight loss, higher mycobacterial loads in organs, and more severe lung histopathology than mice of the A/Sn strain. We previously performed a genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control the severity of M. tuberculosis-triggered disease in [(A/Sn x I/St)...
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