Old mice are able to control low-dose aerogenic infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Published in Infect Immun on September 01, 1995

Authors

A M Cooper1, J E Callahan, J P Griffin, A D Roberts, I M Orme

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.

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