Francisella tularensis resistance to bactericidal action of normal human serum

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Sorokin, V M ^a   Pavlovich, N V ^a   Prozorova, L A ^a  

^a Research Institute for Plague Control   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Complement activation; Francisella tularensis; Lipopolysaccharide; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029939057     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(95)00113-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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