Role of meningococcal Neisserial autotransporter lipoprotein (NalP) in host pathogenesis

Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) can cause life-threatening bacterial meningitis and septicaemia. The high mortality of meningitis is associated with meningococcal invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) by breaching of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nm elaborates several cell-surface and secreted v...

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Main Author: Dufailu, Osman Adamu
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41127/