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Activation of Toll-like receptors by Burkholderia pseudomallei
BACKGROUND: Melioidosis, a lethal tropical infection that is endemic in southeast Asia and northern Australia, is caused by the saprophytic Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Overall mortality approaches 40% yet little is known about mechanisms of host defense. Toll-like receptors (T...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18691413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-9-46 |