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Abstract
Research on the highly virulent and contagious, facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis has come into the limelight recently, but still little is known regarding its virulence mechanisms. This review summarizes recent studies on its intramacrophage survival mechanisms, some of which appear to be novel.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16239121 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.08.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700