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- Title
Location, Location, Location: Five Facts about Tissue Tropism and Pathogenesis.
- Authors
McCall, Laura-Isobel; Siqueira-Neto, Jair L.; McKerrow, James H.
- Abstract
The article focuses on tissue tropism and its relationship to pathogenesis with examples from Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, Trypanosoma brucei protozoan parasites and the influenza virus. Topics discussed include the two stages of the human African trypanosomiasis, the impact of tropism on disease severity and on disease transmission, and identifying the mediators of disease tropism.
- Subjects
TISSUES; TROPISMS; VIRAL tropism; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; TRYPANOSOMA brucei; INFLUENZA viruses
- Publication
PLoS Pathogens, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1553-7366
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.ppat.1005519