Human host range of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 29 Nov 2016 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Genetics, volume 48, pages 1,453-1,454 (issn: 1061-4036, eissn: 1546-1718,

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Authors: Ruth, Hershberg;

doi: 10.1038/ng.3724

pmid: 27898082

Human host range of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Abstract

A new study demonstrates that the most widespread lineage of the causative agent of tuberculosis consists of both globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages. The geographically restricted sublineages are likely able to infect only specific human populations, whereas the globally distributed ones likely have a broader human host range.

Related Organizations

Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Israel
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Israel

Keywords

Genotype, Humans, Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Host Specificity

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