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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

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Response of Caenorhabditis elegans during Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenesis

Authors: Arumugam Kamaladevi, Krishnaswamy Balamurugan

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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Caenorhabditis elegans, owing to its amenability and conserved innate immune system was recognized as an emerging model to dissect the molecular basis of many mammalian infections. Klebsiella pneumoniae causes severe infections in immunocompromised patients. Hence, the host response was studied using C. elegans during K. pneumoniae infection. …
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Title
Response of Caenorhabditis elegans during Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenesis
Authors
Arumugam Kamaladevi
Krishnaswamy Balamurugan
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-P8

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