Correlation between Disease Severity and the Intestinal Microbiome in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Rhesus Macaques

Correlation between Disease Severity and the Intestinal Microbiome in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Rhesus Macaques

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 o...

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Main Authors: Sivaranjani Namasivayam, Keith D. Kauffman, John A. McCulloch, Wuxing Yuan, Vishal Thovarai, Lara R. Mittereder, Giorgio Trinchieri, Daniel L. Barber, Alan Sher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
microbiome
nonhuman primate
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01018-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01018-19

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