Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype: A template for success

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 510-523

  Hanekom, M ^a   Gey Van Pittius, N C ^a   McEvoy, C ^a   Victor, T C ^a   Van Helden, P D ^a   Warren, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beijing genotype; Genetic variations; Phenotypic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCG VACCINE; DOSR PROTEIN; FDXA PROTEIN; HSPX PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NARX PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BCG VACCINATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80755132199     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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