Mycobacterium tuberculosis Diversity Exploration: A Way to Serve the Three Main Weapons against Epidemics, Hygiene, Vaccine Development and Chemotherapy
1 Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
2 Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, CEDEX 04, 69317 Lyon, France.
3 CIRI-Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm U1111, CNRS UMR5308, 69007 Lyon, France.
As highlighted by the SARS pandemic which is still ongoing, the battle against pathogens relies on three main "weapons": hygiene, vaccine development and chemotherapy strategies [...].