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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2014

Host-pathogen interactions and immune evasion strategies in Francisella tularensis pathogenicity.

Don J Steiner, Yoichi Furuya, Dennis W Metzger

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Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Don J SteinerCenter for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
Yoichi FuruyaCenter for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
Dennis W MetzgerCenter for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.

Funding

TLR2/NLR Signal Regulation of Protective Immunity to F. TularensisP01AI056320 · NIAID · ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI METZGER, DENNIS W · 2003 to 2016
$22.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI056320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Francisella tularensis is an intracellular Gram-negative bacterium that causes life-threatening tularemia. Although the prevalence of natural infection is low, F. tularensis remains a tier I priority pathogen due to its extreme virulence and ease of aerosol dissemination. F. tularensis can infect a host through multiple routes, including the intradermal and respiratory routes. Respiratory infection can result from a very small inoculum (ten organisms or fewer) and is the most lethal form of infection. Following infection, F. tularensis employs strategies for immune evasion that delay the immune response, permitting systemic distribution and induction of sepsis. In this review we summarize the current knowledge of F. tularensis in an immunological context, with emphasis on the host response and bacterial evasion of that response.

Indexed as

Francisella tularensishost immunityLVSSchu S4tularemia

Identifiers

PMID25258544
PMCPMC4173753

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