Different genes govern Yersinia pestis pathogenicity in Caenorhabditis elegans and human lice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-437

  Houhamdi, Linda ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Hemin storage; hmsHFRS; Human body louse; Mutant; Plague; Vector; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; INOCULATION; LOUSE; MORTALITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICE; PLAGUE; RABBITS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 42149167891     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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