pagP is required for resistance to antibody-mediated complement lysis during Bordetella bronchiseptica respiratory infection.

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To efficiently colonize and persist in the lower respiratory tract, bacteria must survive multiple host immune mechanisms. Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram-negative respiratory pathogen that naturally infects mice and persists in the lower respiratory tract for up to 49 days postinoculation. In this work, we examined the effect of mutation of the pagP gene on the persistence of B. bronchiseptica in the lower...

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