Internalization of Leptospira interrogans via diverse endocytosis mechanisms in human macrophages and vascular endothelial cells.

• Main Authors: Xin Zhao (Author), Jun Guo (Author), Xiaoyuan Jia (Author), Yaling Yang (Author), Lijuan Liu (Author), Weizhong Nie (Author), Zhiqiang Fang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis, one of the leading global causes of morbidity and mortality, is an emerging public health problem, particularly in large urban centers of developing countries. Leptospirosis results from infection with an organism belonging to the Leptospira genus L. interrogans. The extensive invasiv...