Francisella-arthropod vector interaction and its role in patho-adaptation to infect mammals

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Akimana, Christine ^a   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Drosophila; F.tularensis; Tularemia; Vector; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862547485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00034     Document Type: Article

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