Genetic Requirements for the Survival of Tubercle Bacilli in Primates
Open Access
- 1 June 2010
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 201 (11), 1743-1752
- https://doi.org/10.1086/652497
Abstract
Background. Tuberculosis (TB) leads to the death of 1.7 million people annually. The failure of the bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, synergy betweenKeywords
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