A genomic analysis of Mycobacterium immunogenum strain CD11_6 and its potential role in the activation of T cells against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A genomic analysis of Mycobacterium immunogenum strain CD11_6 and its potential role in the activation of T cells against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB). Tuberculosis is a mounting problem worldwide. The only available vaccine BCG protects the childhood but not adulthood form of TB. Therefore, efforts are made continuously to improve the efficacy of BCG...

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Main Authors: Gurpreet Kaur, Atul Munish Chander, Gurwinder Kaur, Sudeep Kumar Maurya, Sajid Nadeem, Rakesh Kochhar, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Javed N. Agrewala, Shanmugam Mayilraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Mycobacterium immunogenum (Mi)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
Mycobacterium bovis (Mb)
Whole genome sequencing
Immune response
T cell memory
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1421-y

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