Tuberculosis associated with <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>Beijing and non-Beijing genotypes: a clinical and immunological comparison

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>Beijing genotype is biologically different from other genotypes. We aimed to clinically and immunologically compare human tuberculosis caused by Beijing and non-Beijing strains.<...

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Main Authors: Ho Benjamin, Ong Adrian, Lim TK, Sun Yong-Jiang, Seah Geok, Paton Nicholas I
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/105