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Clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis display a wide range of virulence in guinea pigs.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2009
Palanisamy Gopinath S, DuTeau Nancy, Eisenach Kathleen D, Cave Donald M, Theus Susan A, Kreiswirth Barry N, Basaraba Randall J, Orme Ian M
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Virtually all new tuberculosis vaccine candidates are tested in animals using the laboratory strains H37Rv or Erdman. However, naturally occurring M. tuberculosis infections are caused by strains that are widely different in phenotype and genotype. Very little is known about the characteristics o...
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