Capture and visualization of live Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli from tuberculosis patient bioaerosols.

Capture and visualization of live Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli from tuberculosis patient bioaerosols.

Interrupting transmission is an attractive anti-tuberculosis (TB) strategy but it remains underexplored owing to our poor understanding of the events surrounding transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) between hosts. Determining when live, infectious Mtb bacilli are released and by whom has pro...

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Main Authors: Ryan Dinkele, Sophia Gessner, Andrea McKerry, Bryan Leonard, Ronnett Seldon, Anastasia S Koch, Carl Morrow, Melitta Gqada, Mireille Kamariza, Carolyn R Bertozzi, Brian Smith, Courtney McLoud, Andrew Kamholz, Wayne Bryden, Charles Call, Gilla Kaplan, Valerie Mizrahi, Robin Wood, Digby F Warner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009262

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009262

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