Persistence of Coxiella burnetii, the Agent of Q Fever, in Murine Adipose Tissue

Persistence of Coxiella burnetii, the Agent of Q Fever, in Murine Adipose Tissue

Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever, is known to persist in humans and rodents but its cellular reservoir in hosts remains undetermined. We hypothesized that adipose tissue serves as a C. burnetii reservoir during bacterial latency. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were infected with C. burnetii by the...

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Main Authors: Bechah, Yassina, Verneau, Johanna, Ben Amara, Amira, Barry, Abdoulaye O., Lépolard, Catherine, Achard, Vincent, Panicot-Dubois, Laurence, Textoris, Julien, Capo, Christian, Ghigo, Eric, Mege, Jean-Louis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023977/

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