Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Interaction between host genes and M. tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: evidence for co-evolution
M. L. McHenry, J. Bartlett, R. P. Igo…·C. Stein
The paper investigates the interaction between host genetic variants and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage to determine their combined effect on TB severity, finding significant interactions that support host-pathogen co-evolution.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008728