Strategies for intracellular survival of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease with high mortality that is prevalent in tropical regions of the world. A key component of the pathogenesis of melioidosis is the ability of B. pseudomallei to enter, survive and replicate within mammalian host cells. For no...

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Main Author: Ben eAdler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00170/full