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Use of mouse models to study the variability in virulence associated with specific genotypic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Hernández-Pando R, Marquina-Castillo B, Barrios-Payán J, Mata-Espinosa D
Abstract excerpt
The host response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis show a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations in those patients who fail to control the infection. The course of the infection and its epidemiological consequences depend upon a complex interplay of host, environmental and bacterial factors. Experimental animal models have helped to define the influence of bacterial genetic diversity on virulence and on the...
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