Persistence of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever, in murine adipose tissue.

Persistence of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever, in murine adipose tissue.

Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever, is known to persist in humans and rodents but its cellular reservoir in hosts remains undetermined. We hypothesized that adipose tissue serves as a C. burnetii reservoir during bacterial latency. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were infected with C. burnetii by the i...

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Main Authors: Yassina Bechah, Johanna Verneau, Amira Ben Amara, Abdoulaye O Barry, Catherine Lépolard, Vincent Achard, Laurence Panicot-Dubois, Julien Textoris, Christian Capo, Eric Ghigo, Jean-Louis Mege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4023977?pdf=render

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