Increased Virulence of an Epidemic Strain of Mycobacterium massiliense in Mice

Shaobin Shang; Sara Gibbs; Marcela Henao-Tamayo; Crystal A. Shanley; Gerald McDonnell; Rafael Silva Duarte; Diane J. Ordway; Mary Jackson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024726

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Increased Virulence of an Epidemic Strain of Mycobacterium massiliense in Mice

Shaobin Shang,

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Sara Gibbs,

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Marcela Henao-Tamayo,

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Crystal A. Shanley,

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Gerald McDonnell,

Affiliation STERIS Limited, Basingstoke, England
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Rafael Silva Duarte,

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Diane J. Ordway ,

* E-mail: Mary.Jackson@colostate.edu (MJ); D.Ordway-Rodriguez@ colostate.edu (DJO)

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Mary Jackson

* E-mail: Mary.Jackson@colostate.edu (MJ); D.Ordway-Rodriguez@ colostate.edu (DJO)

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Increased Virulence of an Epidemic Strain of Mycobacterium massiliense in Mice

Shaobin Shang,
Sara Gibbs,
Marcela Henao-Tamayo,
Crystal A. Shanley,
Gerald McDonnell,
Rafael Silva Duarte,
Diane J. Ordway,
Mary Jackson

Published: September 12, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024726

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