Pan-Microbial Study Implicates a Potential Culprit in a Pediatric Brain Disorder in Uganda (2 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Pan-Microbial Study Implicates a Potential Culprit in a Pediatric Brain Disorder in Uganda (2 of 9)

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A cultured sample of the Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus Mbale strain. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sep. 30, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.N. Paulson at Genentech Inc. in South San Francisco; and colleagues was titled, "Paenibacillus infection with frequent viral coinfection contributes to postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants."

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J.N. Paulson <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2020)

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