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An attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strain with a defect in ESX-1 secretion induces minimal host immune responses and pathology.
Scientific reports - 24 Apr 2017
Clemmensen Helena Strand, Knudsen Niels Peter Hell, Rasmussen Erik Michael, Winkler Jessica, Rosenkrands Ida, Ahmad Ahmad, Lillebaek Troels, Sherman David R, Andersen Peter Lawætz, Aagaard Claus
Abstract excerpt
Although Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) DK9897 is an attenuated strain, it was isolated from a patient with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and vaccination with a subunit vaccine (H56) induced poor protection against it. Both attenuation and lack of protection are because M.tb DK9897 cannot secrete the EsxA virulence factor nor induce a host response against it. Genome sequencing identified a frameshift mutation...
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