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Differential expression of the invasion-associated locus B (ialB) gene of Bartonella bacilliformis in response to environmental cues.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Apr 2003
Coleman Sherry A, Minnick Michael F
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of the biphasic human disease, Oroya fever. During the primary disease phase, up to 100% of the circulating erythrocytes can be parasitized and 80% lysed. During the secondary phase of this disease, bacterial invasion shifts to endothelial cells lining the vasculature. B. bacilliformis is transferred between human hosts by the sandfly, Lutzomyia verrucarum. To...
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