From the blood to the brain: Avenues of eukaryotic pathogen dissemination to the central nervous system

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-59

  Ueno, Norikiyo ^a   Lodoen, Melissa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84934948884     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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