Application of confocal microscopy for quantification of intracellular mycobacteria in macrophages.

This chapter describes the techniques used to prepare a uniform and consistent mycobacterial culture and for the infection of macrophages in vitro. Here, protocols are described for the achievement of a certain number of single cell bacilli per macrophage. Confocal microscopy in combination with the...

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Main Author: Bettencourt, Paulo (author)
Other Authors: Pires, David (author), Carmo, Nuno (author), Anes, Elsa (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8519
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/8519