10.1371/journal.pone.0190230.g001
Janne M. Schoening
Janne M.
Schoening
Leigh A. L. Corner
Leigh
A. L. Corner
Locksley L. McV. Messam
Locksley
L. McV. Messam
Joseph P. Cassidy
Joseph
P. Cassidy
Alan Wolfe
Alan
Wolfe
Scoring categories used for assessing the number of silica-laden macrophages (SLMs) within badger tissues.
Public Library of Science
2018
siliceous dust inhalation
European badger
mineral dust retention
silica-laden macrophages
Environmental dust inhalation
Mycobacterium bovis infection status Chronic inhalation
mineral dust particles
60 wild-caught badgers
risk factor
retrospective histological study
extrathoracic lymph nodes
SLM
bovis infection status
2018-01-17 18:28:26
Figure
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Scoring_categories_used_for_assessing_the_number_of_silica-laden_macrophages_SLMs_within_badger_tissues_/5795517
<p>Under polarized light, SLMs contrast brightly against the darker background tissue. For a higher magnification view of SLMs, see also Figs <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0190230#pone.0190230.g002" target="_blank">2</a> and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0190230#pone.0190230.g003" target="_blank">3</a>.</p>