Evolutionary Biology

A possible ancient origin for tuberculosis found in Casablanca

Published in AIDS Weekly, December 20th, 2004

Each year, tuberculosis kills about 3 million people in the world. In particular it is responsible for the death of more than one-third of HIV-infected people, who prove particularly susceptible owing to a decline in immune defenses.

The agent responsible is a bacterium of the species Mycobacterium tuberculosis, also termed Koch's bacillus, after the scientist who discovered it in 1882.

Molecular epidemiology has proved valuable for understanding the transmission and control of tuberculosis, thanks to the development of different methods of characterization of the M. tuberculosis genome. However, little genetic data are currently...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-12-20)

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