Mutual attraction: Does it benefit the host or the bug?
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Nature Immunology
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2004
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 778–779
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1038/ni0804-778
- Source
- Springer Nature
- License
- Yellow
Abstract
Granulomas are thought to be immunological barriers that effectively contain mycobacteria. This hypothesis is now challenged by data that show granulomas are dynamic entities permissive to bacterial latency and reinfection.