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 app
Granulomatous inflammation and transmission of infection – reply
✍ Scribed by Michael J. Doenhoff
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5699
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