Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent of this disease, invades macrophages and can replicate inside them. Because invasion of macrophages is a critical step for establishing a mycobacterial infection, there is much interest in understanding the mechanisms for M. tuberculosis entry into macrophages.
January 24, 2016. Winter Storm Jonas did not spare Boston its icy wrath, but the Massachusetts city definitely saw a dulled-down version of the blizzard. According to numbers from the National Weather Service, 8.2 inches fell in Boston, 7 inches accumulated in South Boston and 6.1 inches were dropped in the vicinity of Logan International Airport.
Boston set a record for the most snow recorded in a 30-day period, with 71.8 inches, breaking the record of 58.8 inches set in February 1978. Bangor, Maine, tied its own 30-day snowfall record with 53 inches, which hasn't been seen in such a short period since 1969, the National Weather Service said. Weather service meteorologist David Manning said the storm was hitting hardest in Massachusetts, southern Vermont and southern New Hampshire.