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Antibody-mediated immunity to the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii is Fc receptor- and complement-independent

BACKGROUND: The obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii causes the zoonosis Q fever. The intracellular niche of C. burnetii has led to the assumption that cell-mediated immunity is the most important immune component for protection against this pathogen. However, passive immuniza...

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Autores principales: Shannon, Jeffrey G, Cockrell, Diane C, Takahashi, Kazue, Stahl, Gregory L, Heinzen, Robert A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19426498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-10-26