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Mycobacterial infection induces a specific human innate immune response.
Scientific reports - 20 Nov 2015
Blischak John D, Tailleux Ludovic, Mitrano Amy, Barreiro Luis B, Gilad Yoav
Abstract excerpt
The innate immune system provides the first response to infection and is now recognized to be partially pathogen-specific. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is able to subvert the innate immune response and survive inside macrophages. Curiously, only 5-10% of otherwise healthy individuals infected with MTB develop active tuberculosis (TB). We do not yet understand the genetic basis underlying this...
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