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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gong W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6984742 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gong Wenping W Liang Yan Y Wu Xueqiong X
BioMed research international 20200102
Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>, is one of the top ten infectious diseases worldwide, and is the leading cause of morbidity from a single infectious agent. <i>M. tuberculosis</i> can cause infection in several species of animals in addition to humans as the natural hosts. Although animal models of TB disease cannot completely simulate the occurrence and development of human TB, they play an important role in studying the pathogenesis, immune r ...[more]