Tuberculosis susceptibility and vaccine protection are independently controlled by host genotype
Clare M Smith, Megan Proulx, Andrew J Olive, Dominick Laddy, Bibhuti Mishra, Caitlin Moss, Nuria Martinez Gutierrez, Michelle M Bellerose, Palmira Barreira-Silva, Jia Yao Phuah, Richard E Baker, Samuel M Behar, Hardy Kornfeld, Thomas G Evans, Gillian Beamer, Christopher M Sassetti
This paper shows that host genetic factors independently influence tuberculosis susceptibility and BCG vaccine efficacy in a mouse model.
mBio · Nov 2, 2016Peer-reviewedMicrobiology