Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Leprosy
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. The disease may present different clinical forms depending on the immunological status of the host. M. leprae may infect macrophages and Schwann cells, and recent studies have demonstrated that macroph...
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Main Authors: | da Silva Prata, Rhana Berto (Author), de Mattos Barbosa, Mayara Garcia (Author), de Andrade Silva, Bruno Jorge (Author), da Paixão de Oliveira, Jéssica Araujo (Author), Bittencourt, Tamiris Lameira (Author), Pinheiro, Roberta Olmo (Author) |
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2019-09-26.
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