Strain variation in the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex : its role in biology, epidemiology and control

• Other Authors: Gagneux, Sebastien
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 1019.
• Subjects: Mycobacterium tuberculosis > Genetic aspects.; Mycobacterium tuberculosis > Epidemiology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

Until about 10 years ago, the general view in the field was that Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis was a "clone" with insufficient natural sequence variation between clinical strains to be considered biologically and epidemiologically "relevant"...