Fun stories about Brucella: the "furtive nasty bug".
Although Brucella is responsible for one of the major worldwide zoonosis, our understanding of its pathogenesis remains in its infancy. In this paper, we summarize some of the research in progress in our laboratory that we think could contribute to a better understanding of the Brucella molecular virulence mechanisms and their regulation.
Letesson
J-J
JJ
Laboratoire d'Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moleculaire, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium. jean-jacques.letesson@fundp.ac.be
Lestrate
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Delrue
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RM
Danese
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Bellefontaine
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Fretin
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D
Taminiau
B
B
Tibor
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A
Dricot
A
A
Deschamps
C
C
Haine
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V
Leonard
S
S
Laurent
T
T
Mertens
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P
Vandenhaute
J
J
De Bolle
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