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PCR-Based Method To Differentiate the Subspecies of the <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Complex on the Basis of Genomic Deletions
1 Apr 2003
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The classical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MtbC) subspecies include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium africanum (subtypes I and II), Mycobacterium bovis (along with the attenuated M. bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin [BCG]), and Mycobacterium microti; increasingly recognized MtbC groupings include Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae and "Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. canettii." Previous...
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