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Discovery of a Protective Rickettsia prowazekii Antigen Recognized by CD8(+) T Cells, RP884, Using an In Vivo Screening Platform

Rickettsia prowazekii has been tested for biological warfare due to the high mortality that it produces after aerosol transmission of very low numbers of rickettsiae. Epidemic typhus, the infection caused by these obligately intracellular bacteria, continues to be a threat because it is difficult to...

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Autores principales: Gazi, Michal, Caro-Gomez, Erika, Goez, Yenny, Cespedes, Maria A., Hidalgo, Marylin, Correa, Paula, Valbuena, Gustavo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076253