Coxiella burnetii: The 'query' fever bacterium. A model of immune subversion by a strictly intracellular microorganism

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Mege, Jean Louis ^a   Maurin, Max ^a   Capo, Christian ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; cytokine; immunosuppression; macrophage; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; Q FEVER; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0030958744     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(96)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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