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Genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic analysis of virulent and avirulent Rickettsia prowazekii reveals its adaptive mutation capabilities.
Genome research - 1 May 2010
Bechah Yassina, El Karkouri Khalid, Mediannikov Oleg, Leroy Quentin, Pelletier Nicolas, Robert Catherine, Médigue Claudine, Mege Jean-Louis, Raoult Didier
Abstract excerpt
Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic typhus, is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is transmitted to human beings by the body louse. Several strains that differ considerably in virulence are recognized, but the genetic basis for these variations has remained unknown since the initia...
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