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Emergence of persistent tubercle bacilli

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Experimental evolution of persistence during Mycobacterium canettii infections of mice sheds light on the origins of virulence in ancestral Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Fig. 1: Experimental evolution of a persistent tubercle bacillus.

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  1. Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Quebec, Canada

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  2. Department of Medicine and McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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