[Francisella tularensis infection, or how to outsmart the certain death].
Francisella tularensis is an intracellular bacterial pathogen and is the causative agent of tularemia. Human become infected when manipulating with infected animals (usually rodents) or via arthropod vectors. In spite of the high virulence of the microbe still very little is known about its overall interaction with host cells and virulence factors identified to date show properties different from other bacterial species.
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Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékarská fakulta v Hradci Králové: Ustav lékarské biologie a genetiky. andelovah@lfhk.cuni.cz
D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission