Osteoarticular tissue infection and development of skeletal pathology in murine brucellosis

SUMMARY Brucellosis, a frequent bacterial zoonosis, can produce debilitating chronic disease with involvement of multiple organs in human patients. Whereas acute brucellosis is well studied using the murine animal model, long-term complications of host-pathogen interaction remain largely elusive. Hu...

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Main Authors: Diogo M. Magnani, Elizabeth T. Lyons, Toni S. Forde, Mohammed T. Shekhani, Vyacheslav A. Adarichev, Gary A. Splitter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-05-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/6/3/811