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Mycobacterium tuberculosis invasion and traversal across an in vitro human blood-brain barrier as a pathogenic mechanism for central nervous system tuberculosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2006
Jain Sanjay K, Paul-Satyaseela Maneesh, Lamichhane Gyanu, Kim Kwang S, Bishai William R
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BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a serious, often fatal disease that disproportionately affects young children. It is thought to develop when Mycobacterium tuberculosis breaches the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which is composed of tightly apposed brain microvascular endothe...
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