Tuberculosis infection protects mice from developing COVID-19 (IMAGE)

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Tuberculosis infection protects mice from developing COVID-19

Caption

Magnified image of a lung that is infected with the respiratory pathogens that cause tuberculosis (TB) and COVID. The dense blue area in the upper left is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the cause of TB), while the brown area in the lower right is infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the cause of COVID). Image taken by Dr. Erin S. Gloag.

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Erin S. Gloag, Rosas Mejia O et al., 2022, PLOS Pathogens, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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