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[Virulence of Mycobacteria tuberculosis].
Problemy tuberkuleza - 1 Jan 2002
Vishnevskiĭ B I, Narvskaia O V, Vasil'eva S N, Sapozhnikova N V, Mukrousov I V, Otten T F
Abstract excerpt
The virulence of 43 Mycobacteria tuberculosis strains isolated from 21 patients with new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and from 20 patients with chronic destructive pulmonary tuberculosis (CDPT) was studied in non-inbred albino mice. Twenty four (56%) and 19 (44%) M. tuberculosis strains belonged to the Beijing and individual genotypes, respectively. The virulence of isolates from the new cases of pulmonary...
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