Growth of virulent and avirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in human macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 794-799

  Zhang, Ming ^a   Gong, Jianhua ^a   Lin, Yuanguang ^b   Barnes, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT M; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031883197     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.794-799.1998     Document Type: Article

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