Establishment of chronic infection: Brucella’s stealth strategy

Brucella is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes zoonotic infection known as brucellosis which results in abortion and infertility in natural host. Humans, especially in low income countries, can acquire infection by direct contact with infected animal or by consumption of animal product...

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Main Authors: Waqas eAhmed, Ke eZheng, Zheng-Fei eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00030/full