Publications by authors named "Marion Holzapfel"

Article Synopsis
  • - Respiratory pathogens are a significant threat to global health and can lead to new pandemics, as shown by the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • - Despite advancements in biotechnology resulting in new therapies and vaccines, effective solutions for many respiratory diseases are still lacking.
  • - The review emphasizes the importance of non-human primate models in preclinical research to improve the development of prevention and treatment strategies for human respiratory infections.
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are invasive bacteria responsible for leptospirosis, a worldwide zoonosis. They possess two periplasmic endoflagellae that allow their motility. are stealth pathogens that escape the innate immune recognition of the NOD-like receptors NOD1/2, and the human Toll-like receptor (TLR)4, which senses peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), respectively.

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spp. are responsible for brucellosis, a widespread zoonosis causing reproductive disorders in animals. Species-classification within this monophyletic genus is based on bacteriological and biochemical phenotyping.

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