01.02.09
TB genetics
Genetic diversity driving drug-resistant TB
2 Jan 2009
The evolutionary secrets of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) could help address the public health emergency posed by drug-resistant TB.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infects around one third of the world’s population and one person dies from the disease every 15 seconds.
The world-wide emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of M. tuberculosis is making TB increasingly difficult to treat and control.