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Fitness Cost of Rifampicin-Resistant Mtb<br />

Lab-derived<br />

mutants:<br />

Mean relative fitness<br />

1<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

0<br />

S531L H526Y H526D S531W H526R S522L Q513L H526P R529Q<br />

rpoB mutation<br />

Clinical<br />

strains:<br />

Mean relative fitness<br />

1.3<br />

1.2<br />

1.1<br />

1<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

0<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />

S531L<br />

<strong>Is</strong>olate pair<br />

other rpoB<br />

Gagneux et al. Science 2006

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