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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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Autores principales: West, T Eoin, Ernst, Robert K, Jansson-Hutson, Malinka J, Skerrett, Shawn J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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