Nanobacteria Are Mineralo Fetuin Complexes

Didier Raoult; Michel Drancourt; Saïd Azza; Claude Nappez; Régis Guieu; Jean-Marc Rolain; Patrick Fourquet; Bernard Campagna; Bernard La Scola; Jean-Louis Mege; Pascal Mansuelle; Eric Lechevalier; Yvon Berland; Jean-Pierre Gorvel; Patricia Renesto

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0040041

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Nanobacteria Are Mineralo Fetuin Complexes

Didier Raoult ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Didier.Raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr (DR); patricia.renesto@medecine.univ-mrs.fr (PR)

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Michel Drancourt,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Saïd Azza,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Claude Nappez,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Régis Guieu,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FRE2738, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Marseille, France
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Jean-Marc Rolain,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Patrick Fourquet,

Affiliations Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université, Faculté de Sciences de Luminy, Marseille, France , INSERM, U631, Marseille, France , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6102, Marseille, France
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Bernard Campagna,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Bernard La Scola,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Jean-Louis Mege,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Pascal Mansuelle,

¤ Current address: IGS UPR 2589, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Marseille, France

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FRE2738, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Marseille, France
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Eric Lechevalier,

Affiliation Service d'Urologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, France
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Yvon Berland,

Affiliation Service de Nephrologie, Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, France
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Jean-Pierre Gorvel,

Affiliations Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université, Faculté de Sciences de Luminy, Marseille, France , INSERM, U631, Marseille, France , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6102, Marseille, France
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Patricia Renesto

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Didier.Raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr (DR); patricia.renesto@medecine.univ-mrs.fr (PR)

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Nanobacteria Are Mineralo Fetuin Complexes

Didier Raoult,
Michel Drancourt,
Saïd Azza,
Claude Nappez,
Régis Guieu,
Jean-Marc Rolain,
Patrick Fourquet,
Bernard Campagna,
Bernard La Scola,
Jean-Louis Mege

Published: February 15, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0040041

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An amazing discovery that will rewrite textbooks

Posted by rodneyreid on 26 Apr 2008 at 09:30 GMT

To the authors -

My jaw is still on the floor, and head still spinning from the far reaching implications of this work.

Wow. Thank you so much - I have a lot to unlearn now!

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