Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the human macrophage : shifting the balance through inflammasome activation

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very successful pathogen and tuberculosis constitutes a major threat to global health worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that almost nine million new cases and 1.5 million deaths occur annually and the situation is worsened by increased antibioti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eklund, Daniel
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för mikrobiologi och molekylär medicin 2013
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-100890
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7519-558-2