The blood-brain barrier and pathogens Hadrian's Wall or a Dardanian gate?

Virulence

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-158

  Khoury, Joseph El ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cryptococcus neoformans; Endothelial cells; HIV; HTLV 1; Listeria monocytogenes; Plasmodium falciparum; Toxoplasma gondii; Trypanosoma crusii

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84862874468     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.19751     Document Type: Editorial

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