Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex refers to Mycobacterium species that cause tuberculosis.
Synonyms
MTC
MTBC
Detailed description
They are obligatory pathogenic, meaning they cause disease also in healthy humans. They mainly infect macrophages, the immune system’s scavenger cells. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex comprises the following species: M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, M. microti, M. canetti and M. pinnipedii as well as the vaccinal strain M. bovis BCG. They are differentiated from M. leprae and the non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's leading infectious diseases. Infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis primarily affects the lungs, but in up to 25 percent of all infected
Professors Ivo Boneca (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Mark Brönstrup (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and German Center for Infection Research), and Christophe Zimmer (University of
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Different groups of TB bacteria exist worldwide with different regional distribution: some are generalists and can be found on many continents, while others are very limited in their spread. An
