Intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii affects monocyte entry mechanisms and enhances virulence of Legionella pneumophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4427-4434

  Cirillo, Jeffrey D ^a   Cirillo, Suat L G ^a   Yan, Ling ^a   Bermudez, Luiz E ^b   Falkow, Stanley ^c   Tompkins, Lucy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032794165     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4427-4434.1999     Document Type: Article

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