Low dose aerosol fitness at the innate phase of murine infection better predicts virulence amongst clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Caceres, Neus

Low dose aerosol fitness at the innate phase of murine infection better predicts virulence amongst clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. [electronic resource] - PloS one 2012 - e29010 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1932-6203

10.1371/journal.pone.0029010 doi


Adult
Aerosols
Animals
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Laboratories
Lung--immunology
Male
Mice
Middle Aged
Models, Biological
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--isolation & purification
Spleen--immunology
Tuberculosis--epidemiology
Virus Latency