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The evolution of tuberculosis virulence.
Bulletin of mathematical biology - 1 Jul 2009
Basu Sanjay, Galvani Alison P
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The evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis presents several challenges for public health. HIV and resistance to antimycobacterial medications have evolutionary implications for how Mycobacterium tuberculosis will evolve, as these factors influence the host environment and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis strains. We present an evolutionary invasion analysis of tuberculosis that characterizes the direction...
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