Pasteurella pneumotropica evades the human complement system by acquisition of the complement regulators factor H and C4BP.

Pasteurella pneumotropica is an opportunist Gram negative bacterium responsible for rodent pasteurellosis that affects upper respiratory, reproductive and digestive tracts of mammals. In animal care facilities the presence of P. pneumotropica causes severe to lethal infection in immunodeficient mice...

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Main Authors: Alfredo Sahagún-Ruiz, Adriana Patricia Granados Martinez, Leandro Carvalho Dantas Breda, Tatiana Rodrigues Fraga, Mónica Marcela Castiblanco Valencia, Angela Silva Barbosa, Lourdes Isaac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111194