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Correlation between Disease Severity and the Intestinal Microbiome in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Rhesus Macaques
3 Jun 2019
Abstract excerpt
Why some but not all individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop disease is poorly understood. Previous studies have revealed an important influence of the microbiota on host resistance to infection with a number of different disease agents. Here, we investigated the possible role of the individual’s microbiome in impacting the outcome of M. tuberculosis infection in rhesus monkeys experimentally...
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