Targeted Knockout of the <named-content content-type="genus-species">Rickettsia rickettsii</named-content> OmpA Surface Antigen Does Not Diminish Virulence in a Mammalian Model System

ABSTRACT Strains of Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), differ dramatically in virulence despite >99% genetic homology. Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae produce two immunodominant outer membrane proteins, rickettsial OmpA (rOmpA) and rOmpB, whic...

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Autores principales: Nicholas F. Noriea, Tina R. Clark, Ted Hackstadt
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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