Sentences with phrase «mtb strains»

Therefore, good vaccine antigens should also display good vaccine efficacy against highly virulent Mtb strains.

In the proposed partnership between Addis Ababa University (AAU) and J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the objective is to build genomics capacity at AAU and to apply newly developed skills towards understanding the relationships of active TB disease with Mtb strain type diversity and host components such as the human respiratory microbiome and protein - based analysis of immune responses in the respiratory tract.

Not exact matches

The Mtb K strain, which phylogenetically belongs to the Beijing genotype, was first isolated in 1998 in South Korea, when a severe outbreak of pulmonary TB occurred in a senior high school.