Search for dissertations about: "Mycobacterial infection"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words Mycobacterial infection.
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1. Mucosal immunity against mycobacterial infection
Abstract : This thesis aimed to the identification of immune biomarkers of mycobacterial infection for better diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and also focused on new vaccination strategies with a particular emphasis on the immune responses in the respiratory tract using murine models. Since the lung is the natural habitat for the M. READ MORE
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2. Induction and functional role of type I interferon in bacterial infection of macrophages
Abstract : Infection represents an evolutionary arms race between pathogen and host. Thus, scientists find that pathogenic microbes have evolved elegant strategies to manipulate or avoid our immune system, allowing them to persist within the human population. READ MORE
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3. Diagnostic biomarkers and improved vaccination against mycobacterial infection
Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases. It is estimated that a third of the world’s population is latently infected and 8 million new cases are recorded each year. READ MORE
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4. Mucosal Immunity in Mycobacterial infections
Abstract : More than a century after the identification of the tubercle bacillus and the first attempts at vaccination, tuberculosis (TB) still remains one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases. TB, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is typically a disease of the lung, which serves both as port of entry and as the major site of disease manifestation. READ MORE
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5. Immune evasion and identification of biomarkers associated with mycobacterial infection
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