Revisiting host preference in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: experimental infection shows M. tuberculosis H37Rv to be avirulent in cattle.

Experiments in the late 19th century sought to define the host specificity of the causative agents of tuberculosis in mammals. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the human tubercle bacillus, was independently shown by Smith, Koch, and von Behring to be avirulent in cattle. This finding was erroneously used...

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Auteurs principaux: Adam O Whelan, Michael Coad, Paul J Cockle, Glyn Hewinson, Martin Vordermeier, Stephen V Gordon
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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