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Immunological consequences of strain variation within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2017
Tientcheu Leopold D, Koch Anastasia, Ndengane Mthawelenga, Andoseh Genevieve, Kampmann Beate, Wilkinson Robert J
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In 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) globally, making it one of the leading causes of death due to an infectious disease. TB is caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), with human disease resulting from infection by M. tuberculosis sensu stricto and M. africanum. Recent progress in genotyping techniques, in particular the increasing availability...
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