Reduced Virulence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Outbreak Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Murine Model

• Kristen L. Jurcic Smith,

  Affiliation Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Divey Saini,

  Affiliation Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Svetoslav Bardarov,

  Affiliation South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, New York, United States of America

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• Michelle Larsen,

  Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Richard Frothingham,

  Affiliation Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Neel R. Gandhi,

  Affiliation Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• William R. Jacobs Jr.,

  Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• A. Willem Sturm,

  Affiliation Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Sunhee Lee

  * E-mail: sunhee.lee@duke.edu

  Affiliation Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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