The new species Brucella microti replicates in macrophages and causes death in murine models of infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Jiménez De Bagüés, María P ^a   Ouahrani Bettache, Safia ^b,c,d   Quintana, Juan F ^a   Mitjana, Olga ^a   Hanna, Nabil ^b,c,d   Bessoles, Stéphanie ^b,c,d   Sanchez, Françoise ^b,c,d   Scholz, Holger C ^e   Lafont, Virginie ^b,c,d   Köhler, Stephan ^b,c,d   Occhialini, Alessandra ^b,c,d  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e Department of Bacteriology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MICROTI; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE;

EID: 77953804389     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653084     Document Type: Article

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