Bartonella quintana deploys host and vector temperature-specific transcriptomes.

Bartonella quintana deploys host and vector temperature-specific transcriptomes.

The bacterial pathogen Bartonella quintana is passed between humans by body lice. B. quintana has adapted to both the human host and body louse vector niches, producing persistent infection with high titer bacterial loads in both the host (up to 10(5) colony-forming units [CFU]/ml) and vector (more...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Abromaitis, Christopher S Nelson, Domenic Previte, Kyong S Yoon, J Marshall Clark, Joseph L DeRisi, Jane E Koehler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3595295?pdf=render

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