Human and Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cells Are a Depot for Dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

An estimated third of the world's population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), with no clinical signs of tuberculosis (TB), but lifelong risk of reactivation to active disease. The niches of persisting bacteria during latent TB infection remain unclear. We detect Mtb D...

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Main Authors: Julia Tornack, Stephen T Reece, Wolfgang M Bauer, Alexis Vogelzang, Silke Bandermann, Ulrike Zedler, Georg Stingl, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Fritz Melchers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5207496?pdf=render