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Differential expression of virulence genes in Legionella pneumophila growing in Acanthamoeba and human monocytes

Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, is widely distributed throughout natural and artificial water systems and can replicate in macrophages and amoebae. Amoebae are the natural hosts of L. pneumophila, whereas macrophages are incidentally infected. The life cycle of...

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Autores principales: Mou, Qianqian, Leung, Polly H. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5955191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28873330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2017.1373925