Characterisation of the interaction between neisseria meningitidis and human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
During infection with Neisseria meningitidis, an important causative agent of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia, the host innate immune system clears bacteria by complement-mediated lysis and phagocytosis. In order to evade phagocytosis, the bacterium expresses a number of surface components, inc...
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Imperial College London
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.506485 |