Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate from a Wild Chimpanzee

Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate from a Wild Chimpanzee

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by gram-positive bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MTBC include several human-associated lineages and several variants adapted to domestic and, more rarely, wild animal species. We report an M. tuberculosis strain isolated from a wild chimpa...

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Main Authors: Mireia Coscolla, Astrid Lewin, Sonja Metzger, Kerstin Maetz-Rennsing, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Andreas Nitsche, Pjotr Wojtek Dabrowski, Aleksandar Radonic, Stefan Niemann, Julian Parkhill, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Julia Feldman, Iñaki Comas, Christophe Boesch, Sebastien Gagneux, Fabian H. Leendertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
bacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MTBC
wild chimpanzee
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/6/12-1012_article

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