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Interactions of Francisella tularensis with Alveolar Type II Epithelial Cells and the Murine Respiratory Epithelium

Francisella tularensis is classified as a Tier 1 select agent by the CDC due to its low infectious dose and the possibility that the organism can be used as a bioweapon. The low dose of infection suggests that Francisella is unusually efficient at evading host defenses. Although ~50 cfu are necessar...

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Autores principales: Faron, Matthew, Fletcher, Joshua R., Rasmussen, Jed A., Apicella, Michael A., Jones, Bradley D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4444194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26010977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127458