USE OF BIOLUMINESCENT REPORTER BACTERA TO STUDY INVASION AND SURVIVAL WITHIN MAMMALIAN CELL LINES

摘要

Neisseria meningitidis is the major causative agent of bacterial meningitis, with overcases occurring globally each year. The lack of any animal models for this specific disease has hampered our knowledge of exactly how this pathogen endothelial cells and breaches the blood-brain barrier to causefulminating.