Pathogenic mechanisms of diseases caused by Rickettsia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Walker, David H ^a,b   Valbuena, Gustavo A ^a   Olano, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Host defenses; Pathogenesis; Pathophysiology; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEINASE; RANTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HEMOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; ISCHEMIA; LUNG; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OXIDATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOSOME; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; THROMBOSIS; TYPHUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038391104     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07331.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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