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Shaping the niche in macrophages: Genetic diversity of the M. tuberculosis complex and its consequences for the infected host.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Jan 2018
Reiling Norbert, Homolka Susanne, Kohl Thomas A, Steinhäuser Christine, Kolbe Katharina, Schütze Stefan, Brandenburg Julius
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) have co-evolved with their individual hosts and are able to transform the hostile environment of the macrophage into a permissive cellular habitat. The impact of MTBC genetic variability has long been considered largely unimportant in TB pathogenesis. Members of the MTBC can now be distinguished into three major phylogenetic groups...
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