Hypersusceptibility of A/J Mice to Tuberculosis is in Part Due to a Deficiency of the Fifth Complement Component (C5)
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- 20 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 52 (4) , 369-379
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3083.2000.00770.x
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) causes tuberculosis in man, which occurs as an acute, chronic or dormant disease reactivating over several years. The mechanisms of persistence and reactivation are ...Keywords
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