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SUBMITTER: Bernhards RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5306356 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bernhards R C RC Cote C K CK Amemiya K K Waag D M DM Klimko C P CP Worsham P L PL Welkos S L SL
Archives of microbiology 20161013 2
Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) and Burkholderia mallei (Bm), the agents of melioidosis and glanders, respectively, are Tier 1 biothreats. They infect humans and animals, causing disease ranging from acute and fatal to protracted and chronic. Chronic infections are especially challenging to treat, and the identification of in vitro phenotypic markers which signal progression from acute to persistent infection would be extremely valuable. First, a phenotyping strategy was developed employing colon ...[more]