Bordetella pertussis infection or vaccination substantially protects mice against B. bronchiseptica infection.
Although B. bronchiseptica efficiently infects a wide range of mammalian hosts and efficiently spreads among them, it is rarely observed in humans. In contrast to the many other hosts of B. bronchiseptica, humans are host to the apparently specialized pathogen B. pertussis, the great majority having...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2727957?pdf=render |