Vaccination with Recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknD Attenuates Bacterial Dissemination to the Brain in Guinea Pigs

BACKGROUND: We have previously identified Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknD to be an important virulence factor required for the pathogenesis of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB). Specifically, PknD mediates bacillary invasion of the blood-brain barrier, which can be neutralized by specif...

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Main Authors: Skerry, Ciaran, Pokkali, Supriya, Pinn, Michael, Be, Nicholas A., Harper, Jamie, Karakousis, Petros C., Jain, Sanjay K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679071/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776655
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066310
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