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The genetic requirements for fast and slow growth in mycobacteria.
PloS one - 28 Apr 2009
Beste Dany J V, Espasa Mateus, Bonde Bhushan, Kierzek Andrzej M, Stewart Graham R, McFadden Johnjoe
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects a third of the world's population. Primary tuberculosis involving active fast bacterial replication is often followed by asymptomatic latent tuberculosis, which is characterised by slow or non-replicating bacteria. Reactivation of the latent infection involving a switch back to active bacterial replication can lead to post-primary transmissible tuberculosis. Mycobacterial...
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