Brucella melitensis invades murine erythrocytes during infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3927-3938

  Vitry, Marie Alice ^a   Mambres, Delphine Hanot ^a   Deghelt, Michaël ^a   Hack, Katrin ^a   Machelart, Arnaud ^a   Lhomme, Frédéric ^b   Vanderwinden, Jean Marie ^b   Vermeersch, Marjorie ^b   De Trez, Carl ^c   Pérez Morga, David ^a,b   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a   Muraille, Eric ^a,b  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLAGELLA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84906057186     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01779-14     Document Type: Article

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