The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to sustain a chronic infection and cause disease in a subset of those infected depends on its products--virulence factors--that enable the organism to enter and survive indefinitely inside mononuclear phagocytic cells by subverting cellular antimicrobial mechanisms. Characterizing these factors is essential to understanding the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis.
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