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Mutation and virulence assessment of chromosomal genes of Rhodococcus equi 103.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Jan 2007
Pei Yanlong, Parreira Valeria, Nicholson Vivian M, Prescott John F
Abstract excerpt
Rhodococcus equi can cause severe or fatal pneumonia in foals as well as in immunocompromised animals and humans. Its ability to persist in macrophages is fundamental to how it causes disease, but the basis of this is poorly understood. To examine further the general application of a recently developed system of targeted gene mutation and to assess the importance of different genes in resistance to innate immune...
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