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Water-pipe smoke condensate increases the internalization of Mycobacterium Bovis of type II alveolar epithelial cells (A549)

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem, and there is an association between tobacco smoke and TB. Water pipe smoking has become an increasing problem not only in Middle Eastern countries but also globally because users consider it as safer than cigarettes. The presence of hig...

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Autores principales: Mortaz, Esmaeil, Alipoor, Shamila D., Movassaghi, Masoud, Varahram, Mohammad, Ghorbani, Jahangir, Folkerts, Gert, Garssen, Johan, Adcock, Ian M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5401461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28431548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0413-7