Francisella-Arthropod vector interaction and its role in patho-adaptation to infect mammals
Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, intracellular, zoonotic bacterium, and is the causative agent of tularemia in a broad host range. Arthropods such as ticks, mosquitoes, and flies maintain F. tularensis in nature by transmitting the bacteria among small mammals. While the tick is largely be...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00034/full |