Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history,
prevailing even in the 21st century. The causative agents of TB are represented by a group …

The causative agent of human tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC),
comprises seven phylogenetically distinct lineages associated with different geographical …

The causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), M ycobacterium tuberculosis, is an obligate
pathogen that evolved to exclusively persist in human populations. For M. tuberculosis to …

The distribution of 20 variable regions resulting from insertion-deletion events in the
genomes of the tubercle bacilli has been evaluated in a total of 100 strains of …

With an estimated 9.4 million new cases globally, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major
public health concern. Eighty percent of all cases worldwide occur in 22 high-burden, mainly …

The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low
level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal …

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a disease characterised by progressive development of specific
granulomatous le-sions or tubercles in lung tissue, lymph nodes or other organs …

Prevalent since pre-history, human tuberculosis—caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium
tuberculosis—remains a major source of death worldwide. Moreover, increasing drug …

Global spread and limited genetic variation are hallmarks of M. tuberculosis, the agent of
human tuberculosis. In contrast, Mycobacterium canettii and related tubercle bacilli that also …

The advancement of genetic techniques has greatly boosted taxonomic studies in recent
years. Within the genus Mycobacterium, 42 new species have been detected since 1990 …