The innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on strain lineage and on host population

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === The genome structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is strongly clonal, in the absence of horizontal gene transfer. Thus it is feasible that clonal lineages may exhibit particular phenotypic characteristics, which may, in turn, result in...

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Main Author: Sarkar, Rajesh
Other Authors: Nicol, Mark
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2719