Type III secretion system cluster 3 is required for maximal virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in a hamster infection model

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-108

  Warawa, Jonathan ^a   Woods, Donald E ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Attenuation; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MELIOIDOSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MUTATION; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SALMONELLA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SALMONELLA;

EID: 11144256286     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.045     Document Type: Article

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