Haemophilus ducreyi Requires an Intact flp Gene Cluster for Virulence in Humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7178-7182

  Spinola, Stanley M ^a,c   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Latimer, Jo L ^b   Mock, Jason R ^b   Vakevainen, Merja ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLP GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULCUS MOLLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHANCROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0344851603     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.7178-7182.2003     Document Type: Article

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