[Genetics and immunity of tuberculosis].

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Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the most common mycobacterial disease in the world and remains a leading public health problem. Numerous other mycobacterial species are present in the environment and are most often termed atypical or nontuberculous mycobacteria. Like the attenuated vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) they are generally poorly virulent, even so they can be at the origin of...

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