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Institut Pasteur
Monday 07 January 2013
Retracing the evolutionary history and emergence of tuberculosis
Scientists from the Pasteur Institutes in Paris and Lille, the CNRS, INRSERM and the Université Lille 2, in collaboration with the CEA-Genoscope and the Sanger Institute, have recently determined the origin of the emergence of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary causative agent of tuberculosis. The researchers also provide clues to the evolutionary success of this pathogen, including several genetic mechanisms that could have contributed to its global dispersal, which currently infects up to 2 billion people. This work, published January 6 on the website Nature Genetics, offers some valuable perspectives for identifying new targets in the fight against tuberculosis.
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Retracing the evolutionary history and emergence of tuberculosis
Scientists from the Pasteur Institutes in Paris and Lille, the CNRS, INRSERM and the Université Lille 2, in collaboration with the CEA-Genoscope and the Sanger Institute, have recently determined the origin of the emergence of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary causative agent of tuberculosis. The researchers also provide clues to the evolutionary success of this pathogen, including several genetic mechanisms that could have contributed to its global dispersal, which currently infects up to 2 billion people. This work, published January 6 on the website Nature Genetics, offers some valuable perspectives for identifying new targets in the fight against tuberculosis.
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