Reporter enzyme fluorescence (REF) imaging and quantification of tuberculosis in live animals.

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Published in Virulence on November 01, 2010

Authors

Ying Kong1, Jeffrey D Cirillo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, USA.

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