Novel Screening System of Virulent Strains for the Establishment of a Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease Mouse Model Using Whole-Genome Sequencing
ABSTRACT The establishment of animal models reflecting human Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease (LD) pathology has the potential to expand our understanding of the disease pathophysiology.However, inducing sustained infection in immunocompetent mice is difficult since MAC generally shows less virulence and higher genetic variability tha