Myths and misconceptions: The origin and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 537-544

  Smith, Noel H ^a,b   Hewinson, R Glyn ^a   Kremer, Kristin ^c   Brosch, Roland ^d   Gordon, Stephen V ^e  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CLONAL VARIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; HEALTH BELIEF; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67649407565     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2165     Document Type: Article

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