Differences between tuberculosis cases infected withMycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-AmericanMycobacterium tuberculosis: an update
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- 1 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 58 (1) , 102-105
Abstract
Mycobacterium africanum (MAF) is a common cause of human pulmonary tuberculosis in West Africa. We previously described phenotypic differences betweeKeywords
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