Urease activity does not contribute dramatically to persistence of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3934-3936

  Reyrat, Jean Marc ^a,c   Lopez Ramirez, Gloria ^a   Ofredo, Catherine ^b   Gicquel, Brigitte ^a   Winter, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

^c CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; UREASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029775018     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3934-3936.1996     Document Type: Article

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