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Coxiella burnetii dormancy in a fatal ten-year multisystem dysfunctional illness: case report

BACKGROUND: In a previous study of a Q fever outbreak in Birmingham, our group identified a non-infective complex of Coxiella burnetii (C.b.) antigens able to survive in the host and provoked aberrant humoral and cell-mediated immunity responses. The study led to recognition of a possible pathogenic...

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Autores principales: Sukocheva, Olga A., Manavis, Jim, Kok, Tuck-Weng, Turra, Mark, Izzo, Angelo, Blumbergs, Peter, Marmion, Barrie P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1497-z