Mechanisms of mycobacterial transmission: how does Mycobacterium tuberculosis enter and escape from the human host

Future Microbiol. 2016 Dec;11(12):1503-1506. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2016-0185. Epub 2016 Nov 10.

Author

Michael U Shiloh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Cough / microbiology
Humans
Lung / microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / physiology*
Respiratory Mucosa / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / prevention & control
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*

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