Manipulation of the innate immune response and evasion of macrophage host defense mechanisms by Francisella tularensis
Tularemia is a potentially fatally illness caused by the facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Virulent strains of F. tularensis can cause a fatal disease after inhalation of a few as ten organisms. Due to the highly pathogenic features of Francisella, it has been...
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University of Iowa
2014
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1683 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5735&context=etd |