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. 2025 Aug 11;21(8):e1013414.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013414. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Animal models of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection phenotypes: What are we modeling?

Xiangyu Sui  1   2 , Stefan H Oehlers  1
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Animal models of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection phenotypes: What are we modeling?

Xiangyu Sui et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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