Unraveling the host innate immune response to a respiratory model of Brucella abortus

Brucella are Gram-negative intracellular bacteria that cause abortion and infertility in livestock and chronic disease in humans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) categorizes them as class B pathogens due to their zoonotic potential. Currently, there are no efficacious Brucella v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Surendran, Naveen
Other Authors: Veterinary Medical Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77100
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062010-132547/