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Sublineages of lineage 4 (Euro-American) Mycobacterium tuberculosis differ in genotypic clustering.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2013
Anderson J, Jarlsberg L G, Grindsdale J, Osmond D, Kawamura M, Hopewell P C, Kato-Maeda M
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SETTING: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is classified into six phylogenetic lineages, each of which can be divided into sublineages. Sublineages of the same lineage have phenotypic differences, including their capacity to cause disease (pathogenicity). OBJECTIVE: 1) To test the hypothesis that differ...
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