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Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with the Beijing genotype demonstrate variability in virulence associated with transmission.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2010
Aguilar D, Hanekom M, Mata D, Gey van Pittius N C, van Helden P D, Warren R M, Hernandez-Pando R
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analysis has shown that Beijing genotype strains can be grouped into at least 7 different sublineages. We aimed to test the hypothesis that the virulence of Beijing genotype strains differed among members of the different sublineages and that the level of virulence correlated with th...
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