Marcel Behr, MD, MSc
Primary Axis:
Infection and Immunity
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Epidemiology and pathogenesis of mycobacterial infections, specifically M. tuberculosis (the cause of TB) and M.avium (the cause of a range of diseases including pulmonary infection and disseminated disease in AIDS patients). Tools used include DNA fingerprinting, DNA microarrays, whole genome sequencing.Tuberculosis, BCG, molecular microbiology, genomics, microarrays, molecular epidemiology, Crohn's disease
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Tuberculosis, BCG, molecular microbiology, genomics, microarrays, molecular epidemiology, Crohn's disease
Publications:
Veyrier F, Pletzer D, Turenne C, Behr MA. Phylogenetic detection of horizontal gene transfer during the step-wise genesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Aug 10;9(1):196.
Turenne CY, Collins DM, Alexander DC, Behr MA. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium are independently evolved pathogenic clones of a much broader group of M. avium organisms. J Bacteriol 190(7): 2479-2487; 2008.
Coulombe F, Divangahi M, Veyrier F, Gleason JL, Yang Y, Kelliher MA, Pandey AK, Sassetti CM, Reed MB and Behr MA. Increased NOD2-Mediated Recognition of N-Glycolyl Muramyl Dipeptide. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2009 Aug 3;206(8):1709-16
