Differences between tuberculosis cases infected with Mycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-American Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An update

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-105

  De Jong, Bouke C ^a,b   Adetifa, Ifedayo ^a   Walther, Brigitte ^a   Hill, Philip C ^c   Antonio, Martin ^a   Ota, Martin ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

HIV; Mycobacterium africanum; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Phenotypic differences; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMERICAS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549139085     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00628.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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