Analysis of the Rickettsia africae genome reveals that virulence acquisition in Rickettsia species may be explained by genome reduction

BACKGROUND: The Rickettsia genus includes 25 validated species, 17 of which are proven human pathogens. Among these, the pathogenicity varies greatly, from the highly virulent R. prowazekii, which causes epidemic typhus and kills its arthropod host, to the mild pathogen R. africae, the agent of Afri...

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Autores principales: Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, El Karkouri, Khalid, Leroy, Quentin, Robert, Catherine, Giumelli, Bernadette, Renesto, Patricia, Socolovschi, Cristina, Parola, Philippe, Audic, Stéphane, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19379498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-166

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19379498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-166

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