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Strain-dependent role of BrkA during Bordetella pertussis infection of the murine respiratory tract.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2004
Elder Kelly D, Harvill Eric T
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, expresses many virulence factors believed to be involved in infection and disease progression. While these factors as a group are required for infection, deletion of individual virulence factor genes generally has limited effects on the ability of B. pertussis to efficiently infect the respiratory tract of mice, suggesting they may perform noncritical...
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