Progression to Active Tuberculosis, but Not Transmission, Varies byMycobacterium tuberculosisLineage in The Gambia
The Journal of Infectious Diseases2008Vol. 198(7), pp. 1037–1043
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Bouke C. de Jong, Philip C. Hill, Alex M. Aiken, Timothy Awine, Martín Antonio, Ifedayo Adetifa, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Annette Fox, Kathryn DeRiemer, Sébastien Gagneux, Martien W. Borgdorff, Keith P. W. J. McAdam, Tumani Corrah, Peter M. Small, Richard A. Adegbola
Abstract
M. africanum and M. tuberculosis transmit equally well to household contacts, but contacts exposed to M. africanum are less likely to progress to tuberculosis disease than those exposed to M. tuberculosis. The variable rate of progression by lineage suggests that tuberculosis variability matters in clinical settings and should be accounted for in studies evaluating tuberculosis vaccines and treatment regimens for latent tuberculosis infection.
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