Analyses of Brucella pathogenesis, host immunity, and vaccine targets using systems biology and bioinformatics

Brucella is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacterium that causes zoonotic brucellosis in humans and various animals. Out of ten classified Brucella species, B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, and B. canis are pathogenic to humans. In the past decade, the mechanisms of Brucella pathogene...

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Main Author: Yongqun eHe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00002/full