Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is the only known intracellular pathogenic bacterium that replicates within the acidic, degradative confines of a eukaryotic phagolysosome. It appears that the bacterium nullifies or thwarts the toxic elements of this vacuole and evades both innate and adaptive immune responses. C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis overview summarize the salient features of advances in the epidemiology, vectors, and clinical and laboratory diagnoses of rickettsiology. Presentations on veterinary rickettsiology highlight the importance of the rickettsiae in animal husbandry.
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