Infection of nonphagocytic host cells by legionella

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2013, Pages 463-478

  Day, Shandra R ^a   Sifri, Costi D ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

HeLa cells; L929 Plaque Assay; Legionella pneumophila; Nonphagocytic cells

Indexed keywords

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84872068281     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_28     Document Type: Article

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