New anti-infective strategies for treatment of tularemia

• Glavni avtor: Max Maurin (auth)
• Format: Elektronski Book Chapter
• Jezik: angleščina
• Izdano: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Serija: Frontiers Research Topics
• Teme: antiinfective agents; Virulence; Tularemia; immunomodulators; Francisella tularensis
• Online dostop: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is a paradigm among human pathogens. This Gram-negative bacterium has an intracellular lifestyle, which probably reflects an adaptation to its natural animal and protozoa reservoirs. This is one of the most infectious agents in humans and ani...