Mycobacterium tuberculosis progresses through two phases of latent infection in humans

Little is known about the physiology of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. We studied the mutational rates of 24 index tuberculosis (TB) cases and their latently infected household contacts who developed active TB up to 5.25 years later, as an indication of bacterial physiological state an...

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Main Author: Colangeli, Roberto (author)
Other Authors: Gupta, Aditi (author), Vinhas, Solange Alves (author), Chippada Venkata, Uma Deepthi (author), Kim, Soyeon (author), Grady, Courtney (author), Jones-López, Edward C. (author), Soteropoulos, Patricia (author), Palaci, Moisés (author), Marques-Rodrigues, Patrícia (author), Salgame, Padmini (author), Ellner, Jerrold J. (author), Dietze, Reynaldo (author), Alland, David (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Infectious Diseases
Respiratory Care
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116636
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/116636

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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116636

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