Persistence of DNA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in superficially normal lung tissue during latent infection

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9248, 2000, Pages 2133-2138

  Hernandez Pando R ^a   Jeyanathan, M ^b   Mengistu, G ^c   Aguilar, D ^a   Orozco, H ^a   Harboe, M ^c,d   Rook, G A W ^b   Bjune, G ^e  

^a Instituto Nacional de la Nutrici n Salvador Zubirán   (Mexico)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034502343     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03493-0     Document Type: Article

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