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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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2719 |