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Co-evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Homo sapiens

The causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is an obligate pathogen that evolved to exclusively persist in human populations. For M. tuberculosis to transmit from person to person, it has to cause pulmonary disease. Therefore, M. tuberculosis virulence has likely been...

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Autores principales: Brites, Daniela, Gagneux, Sebastien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25703549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imr.12264