Tissue tropism
Range of tissues that support pathogen growth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tissue tropism is the range of cells and tissues of a host that support growth of a particular pathogen, such as a virus, bacterium or parasite.[1][2]
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Some bacteria and viruses have a broad tissue tropism and can infect many types of cells and tissues.[1] Other viruses may infect primarily a single tissue.[1] For example, rabies virus affects primarily neuronal tissue.