MMSL 2002, 71(S1):9-10
IDENTIFICATION OF FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS PROTEINS
- Proteome Center for the Study of Intracellular Parasitism of Bacteria, Purkyně Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Francisella tularensis is the Gram - negative, facultative intracellular bacterium which is able to cause tularemia. It can survive in macrophages or hepathocytes. Francisella tularensis is devided into four subspecies F. tularensis subsp. tularensis, F tularensis subsp. palearctica, F. tularensis subsp. mediaasiatica, F tularensis subsp. palearctica japonica. Live attenuated Vaccine Strain (LVS) Selected from a mixture of attenuated strains is used as an experimental model for human infection in mıce....
Keywords: Francisella tularensis
Published: December 2, 2002 Show citation