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Respiratory Tract
Data from University of Bristol advance knowledge in respiratory tract
April 7th, 2009
According to recent research from Bristol, the United Kingdom, "The normal flora that colonizes the mucosal epithelia has evolved diverse strategies to evade, modulate, or suppress the immune system and avoid clearance. Neisseria lactamica and Neisseria meningitidis are closely related obligate inhabitants of the human upper respiratory tract. N. lactamica is a commensal but N. meningitidis is an opportunistic pathogen that occasionally causes invasive disease such as meningitis and septicemia." "We demonstrate that unlike N. meningitidis, N. lactamica does not prime the development of mucosal T or B cell memory during the peak period of colonization. This cannot be...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-07)
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