Cell and Tissue Tropism of Brucella spp.
Thaynara Parente de Carvalho, Laice Alves da Silva, Thaís Larissa Lourenço Castanheira, Tayse Domingues de Souza, Tatiane A. Paíxão, Leticia Lázaro-Antón, Renée M. Tsolis, Renato L. Santos
Abstract
Brucella spp. are facultatively intracellular bacteria that can infect, survive, and multiply in various host cell types in vivo and/or in vitro . The genus Brucella has markedly expanded in recent years with the identification of novel species and hosts, which has revealed additional information about the cell and tissue tropism of these pathogens.
Topics & Concepts
BrucellaBiologyTropismTissue tropismIntracellular parasiteMicrobiologyBacteriaIntracellularVirologyBrucellosisVirusGeneticsBrucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatmentGalectins and Cancer BiologyBurkholderia infections and melioidosis