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Murine model to study the invasion and survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the central nervous system.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Nov 2008
Be Nicholas A, Lamichhane Gyanu, Grosset Jacques, Tyagi Sandeep, Cheng Qi-Jian, Kim Kwang Sik, Bishai William R, Jain Sanjay K
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS) is a serious, often fatal disease primarily affecting young children. It develops after hematogenous dissemination and subsequent invasion of the CNS by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The microbial determinants involved in CNS disease are...
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