The influence of host and bacterial genotype on the development of disseminated disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The factors that govern the development of tuberculosis disease are incompletely understood. We hypothesized that some strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) are more capable of causing disseminated disease than others and may be associated with polymorphisms in host genes responsib...

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Main Authors: Caws, M, Thwaites, G, Dunstan, S, Hawn, T, Lan, N, Thuong, N, Stepniewska, K, Huyen, M, Bang, N, Loc, T, Gagneux, S, van Soolingen, D, Kremer, K, van der Sande, M, Small, P, Anh, P, Chinh, N, Quy, H, Duyen, N, Tho, D, Hieu, N, Torok, E, Hien, T, Dung, N, Nhu, N, Duy, P, van Vinh Chau, N, Farrar, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008