Molecular immunologic correlates of spontaneous latency in a rabbit model of pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Infection of humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) results in latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in 90-95% of immune competent individuals, with no symptoms of active disease. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.5 billion people have LTBI, which can reactivate in the...

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Autores principales: Subbian, Selvakumar, O’Brien, Paul, Kushner, Nicole L, Yang, Guibin, Tsenova, Liana, Peixoto, Blas, Bandyopadhyay, Nirmalya, Bader, Joel S, Karakousis, Petros C, Fallows, Dorothy, Kaplan, Gilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23448601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-811X-11-16

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