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Review
. 2001 Mar;107(5):533-7.
doi: 10.1172/JCI11426.

The nature and consequence of genetic variability within Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M Kato-Maeda  1 , P J Bifani, B N Kreiswirth, P M Small
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Review

The nature and consequence of genetic variability within Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M Kato-Maeda et al. J Clin Invest. 2001 Mar.
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