Mayhem in the Lung
- 23 February 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 315 (5815) , 1082-1083
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1139628
Abstract
Insights on how a lethal strain of bacteria causes necrotic pneumonia may guide development of drugs and vaccines that combat dangerous respiratory pathogens.Keywords
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