title: Adaptive immunity to the obligate intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii.
abstract: Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes the zoonosis Q fever. While an effective whole-cell vaccine (WCV) against Q fever exists, the vaccine has limitations in being highly reactogenic in sensitized individuals. Thus, a safe and effective vaccine based on recombinant protein antigen (Ag) is desirable. To achieve this goal, a better understanding of the host response to primary infection and the precise mechanisms involved in protective immunity to C. burnetii are needed. This review summarizes our current understanding of adaptive immunity to C. burnetii with a focus on recent developments in the field.
authors.affiliation: Coxiella Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Heinzen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007110:Immunity, Active; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines