The Small Breathing Amplitude at the Upper Lobes Favors the Attraction of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lesions and Helps to Understand the Evolution toward Active Disease in An Individual-Based Model.

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Published in Front Microbiol on March 29, 2016

Authors

Pere-Joan Cardona1, Clara Prats2

Author Affiliations

1: Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERES Badalona, Spain.
2: Escola Superior d'Agricultura de Barcelona, Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech Castelldefels, Spain.

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