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Modeling the Potential Impact of Host Population Survival on the Evolution of M. tuberculosis Latency

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease with a peculiar feature: Upon infection with the causative agent, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB), most hosts enter a latent state during which no transmission of MTB to new hosts occurs. Only a fraction of latently infected hosts develop TB disease and ca...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Nibiao, Whalen, Christopher C., Handel, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25157958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105721