Characterisation of Bordetella pertussis virulence mechanisms using engineered human airway tissue models

Pertussis is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of humans which is mainly caused by the gram-negative obligate human pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Despite the availability and extensive use of vaccines, the disease persists and has shown periodic re-emergence resulting in an estimated 64...

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Main Author: Kessie, David Komla
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23571
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-235717
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-235717
https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-23571
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/23571/David_Komla_Kessie_Thesis.pdf