Influence of M. tuberculosis lineage variability within a clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Influence of M. tuberculosis lineage variability within a clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Recent studies suggest that M. tuberculosis lineage and host genetics interact to impact how active tuberculosis presents clinically. We determined the phylogenetic lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates from participants enrolled in the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium Study 28, conducted in Brazil, Ca...

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Main Authors: Payam Nahid, Erin E Bliven, Elizabeth Y Kim, William R Mac Kenzie, Jason E Stout, Lois Diem, John L Johnson, Sebastien Gagneux, Philip C Hopewell, Midori Kato-Maeda, Tuberculosis Trials Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2873999?pdf=render

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