Ascertaining in vivo virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages in patients in Mbeya, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-73

  Olaru, I D ^a,b   Rachow, A ^c,d   Lange, C ^a,b,e,f   Ntinginya, N E ^g   Reither, K ^h,i   Hoelscher, M ^c,d   Vollrath, O ^j   Niemann, S ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^g National Institute of Medical Research Mbeya Medical Research Centre (NIMR MMRC)   (Tanzania)

^h SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

CD4+ count; Diversity; HIV; Strains; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84918771369     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0403     Document Type: Article

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