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Living on the Edge: Inhibition of Host Cell Apoptosis by <i>Mycobacterium Tuberculosis</i>
23 Jul 2008
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Tuberculosis is a human disease of global importance caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thus, an estimated one-third of the world's population is latently infected; there are 2-3 million annual deaths and an increasing amount of multidrug-resistant and extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis cases. M. tuberculosis is a highly adapted human pathogen that has evolved to employ multiple strategies in...
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