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Allopatric tuberculosis host-pathogen relationships are associated with greater pulmonary impairment.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2013
Pasipanodya Jotam G, Moonan Patrick K, Vecino Edgar, Miller Thaddeus L, Fernandez Michel, Slocum Philip, Drewyer Gerry, Weis Stephen E
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BACKGROUND: Host pathogen relationships can be classified as allopatric, when the pathogens originated from separate, non-overlapping geographic areas from the host; or sympatric, when host and pathogen shared a common ancestral geographic location. It remains unclear if host-pathogen relationships, as defined by phylogenetic lineage, influence clinical outcome. We sought to examine the association between...
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