Adherence to and invasion of host cells by spotted fever group Rickettsia species

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Chan, Yvonne Gar Yun ^a   Riley, Sean Phillip ^a   Martinez, Juan Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Invasion; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053570163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00139     Document Type: Review

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