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Unexpected similarities between Bordetella avium and other pathogenic Bordetellae.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2003
Spears Patricia A, Temple Louise M, Miyamoto David M, Maskell Duncan J, Orndorff Paul E
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella avium causes an upper respiratory tract disease (bordetellosis) in avian species. Commercially raised turkeys are particularly susceptible. Like other pathogenic members of the genus Bordetella (B. pertussis and B. bronchiseptica) that infect mammals, B. avium binds preferentially to ciliated tracheal epithelial cells and produces similar signs of disease. These similarities prompted us to study...
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