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Recent and rapid emergence of W-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Nov 2008

Cowley Donna, Govender Dhirendra, February Bradley, Wolfe Mary, Steyn Lafras, Evans Joanna, Wilkinson Robert J, Nicol Mark P

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BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence of a strain-related variation in the virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that may afford a selective advantage to certain strains. The W-Beijing strain family is globally distributed, highly virulent in animal models, associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and drug resistance, and may be an emerging strain family. Our goal was to determine whether...

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PMID: 18834315
DOI: 10.1086/592575

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