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Virulent Mycobacterium avium subspecies Hominissuis Subverts Macrophages during Early Stages of Infection

Creator:

Ndzeidze, Robert F.

Abstract:

Interference with the host post-translational mechanisms, such as protein phosphorylation, is a key strategy used by many intracellular bacterial pathogens to subvert host immune cell function. Virulent non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTMs) unlike attenuated or non-pathogenic NTMs, successfully reside and multiply within the phagosomes of phagocytic cells such as monocytes and macrophages....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert F. Ndzeidze for the