How Does Streptococcus pneumoniae Invade the Brain?

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Published in Trends Microbiol on January 21, 2016

Authors

Federico Iovino¹, Jolien Seinen², Birgitta Henriques-Normark³, Jan Maarten van Dijl²

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: federico.iovino@ki.se.
2: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
3: Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.

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