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Granulomatous inflammation and the transmission of infection: schistosomiasis- and TBtoo?

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Doenhoff

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
770 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-5699

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✦ Synopsis

Immune-dependent granulomatous inflammation is important in the pathogenesis of both schistosomiasis and tuberculosis. A case has previously been made for a role for schistosome egg-induced granulomas in the onward transmission of infection. Here, Mike Doenhoff suggests that a similar hypothesis applies to tuberculosis.

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