The Rise and Fall of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 651-667

  Behr, Marcel A ^a   Gagneux, Sébastien ^b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882560589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384890-1.00024-8     Document Type: Chapter

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