Adhesion and host cell modulation: critical pathogenicity determinants of <it>Bartonella henselae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p><it>Bartonella henselae</it>, the agent of cat scratch disease and the vasculoproliferative disorders bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatis, contains to date two groups of described pathogenicity factors: adhesins and type IV secretion systems....

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Main Authors: Kempf Volkhard AJ, Franz Bettina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Online Access:http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/54

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