Intracellular survival of Brucella: Defining the link with persistence

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-223

  Ficht, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Phagocytic cells; Reticuloendothelial system

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADAPTATION; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL KILLING; CELL VACUOLE; CHORION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LYMPH NODE; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHAGOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA;

EID: 0037414066     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00367-X     Document Type: Article

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