Recent advances in understanding the human host immune response in tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most severe form of tuberculosis, causes death in approximately 25% cases despite antibiotic therapy, and half of survivors are left with neurological disability. Mortality and morbidity are contributed to by a dysregulated immune response, and adjunctive host-direc...
Main Authors: | James R. Barnacle, Angharad G. Davis, Robert J. Wilkinson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1326651/full |
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