Importance of Lipopolysaccharide and Cyclic β-1,2-Glucans in Brucella-Mammalian Infections
Brucella species are the causative agents of one of the most prevalent zoonotic diseases: brucellosis. Infections by Brucella species cause major economic losses in agriculture, leading to abortions in infected animals and resulting in a severe, although rarely lethal, debilitating disease in human...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/124509 |