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Differences between tuberculosis cases infected with Mycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-American Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an update.

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010

de Jong Bouke C, Adetifa Ifedayo, Walther Brigitte, Hill Philip C, Antonio Martin, Ota Martin, Adegbola Richard A

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Mycobacterium africanum (MAF) is a common cause of human pulmonary tuberculosis in West Africa. We previously described phenotypic differences between MAF and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) among 290 patients. In the present analysis, we compared 692 tuberculosis patients infected with the two most common lineages within the (MTB) complex found in the Gambia, namely MAF West African type 2 (39% prevalence) and...

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PMID: 20002176
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00628.x
PMCID: PMC2922882

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