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Innate immunity in rickettsial infections
9 May 2023
Abstract excerpt
Rickett s ial agents are a diverse group of alpha-proteobacteria within the order Rickettsiales, which possesses two families with human pathogens, Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae. These obligate intracellular bacteria are most frequently transmitted by arthropod vectors, a first step in the pathogens’ avoidance of host cell defenses. Considerable study of the immune responses to infection and those that...
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