Mycobacterium tuberculosisH37Rv:ΔRD1 Is More Virulent thanM. bovisBacille Calmette‐Guérin in Long‐Term Murine Infection
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- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 190 (1) , 123-126
Abstract
Region of difference (RD1) genes are present in virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis but not the vaccine strain M. bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG).Keywords
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