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Mycobacterium africanum—Review of an Important Cause of Human Tuberculosis in West Africa

Mycobacterium africanum consists of two phylogenetically distinct lineages within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, known as M. africanum West African 1 and M. africanum West African 2. These lineages are restricted to West Africa, where they cause up to half of human pulmonary tuberculosis. I...

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Autores principales: de Jong, Bouke C., Antonio, Martin, Gagneux, Sebastien
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000744