Survival of Coxiella burnetii within free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-79

  La Scola, B ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Amoeba; Coxiella burnetii

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0035262140     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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