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Mycobacterium tuberculosis : the honey badger of pathogens
Author(s) -
Darwin K Heran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.202153619
Subject(s) - badger , tuberculosis , ridiculous , biology , classics , genealogy , history , medicine , literature , ecology , art , pathology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a fascinating object of study: it is one of the deadliest pathogens of humankind, able to fend off persistent attacks by the immune system or drugs