The pathogenesis and the development mechanism of mycobacterium avium complex infection

Kekkaku

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 903-918

  Hibiya, Kenji ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Development mechanism; Dissemination; Mycobacterium avium complex; Pathogenesis; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; REVIEW; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 40349113604     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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