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Intruders below the radar: molecular pathogenesis of Bartonella spp.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 2012
Harms Alexander, Dehio Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular pathogens that employ a unique stealth infection strategy comprising immune evasion and modulation, intimate interaction with nucleated cells, and intraerythrocytic persistence. Infections with Bartonella are ubiquitous among mammals, and many species can infect humans either as their natural host or incidentally as zoonotic pathogens. Upon inoculation into a naive...
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