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Induction of protective immunity against Burkholderia pseudomallei using attenuated mutants with defects in the intracellular life cycle.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Dec 2008
Breitbach Katrin, Köhler Jens, Steinmetz Ivo
Abstract excerpt
Melioidosis is a severe infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative rod Burkholderia pseudomallei. There is currently no vaccine available. We recently generated and characterized several highly attenuated transposon mutants with defects in the intracellular life cycle of B. pseudomallei. In the present study we examined the protective effects of six of these mutants: four harbouring knockouts in genes...
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