M. tuberculosis molecular variation in CNS infection: evidence for strain-dependent neurovirulence.

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Published in Neurology on June 01, 1998

Authors

Z Arvanitakis1, R L Long, E S Hershfield, J Manfreda, A Kabani, D Kunimoto, C Power

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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