Environmental mycobacteria are emerging pathogens causing opportunistic infections in
humans and animals. The health impacts of human-mycobacterial interactions are complex …

Pathogens that are transmitted between the environment, wildlife, livestock and humans
represent major challenges for the protection of human and domestic animal health, the …

Leprosy, a chronic human disease with potentially debilitating neurological consequences,
results from infection with Mycobacterium leprae. This unculturable pathogen has …

Molecular epidemiologic studies of tuberculosis (TB) have focused largely on utilizing
molecular techniques to address short-and long-term epidemiologic questions, such as in …

Mycobacterium bovis is the cause of tuberculosis in cattle and is a member of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In contrast to many other pathogenic bacterial …

Fermentation, the microbial degradation of organic compounds without net oxidation, is an
important process in the global carbon cycle and is also exploited worldwide for the …

The secreted Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex proteins CFP‐10 and ESAT‐6 have
recently been shown to play an essential role in tuberculosis pathogenesis. We have …

Much effort has been spent trying to work out the origin and history of tuberculosis.
Understanding these concepts could have important consequences for the development of …

To better understand the evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, subspecies
were tested for large sequence polymorphisms. Samples with greater numbers of deletions …

Tuberculosis remains a worldwide threat despite the availability of the BCG vaccine and
antibiotic treatment. It is estimated that its etiologic agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis …