Brucella abortus Uses a Stealthy Strategy to Avoid Activation of the Innate Immune System during the Onset of Infection

Elías Barquero-Calvo; Esteban Chaves-Olarte; David S. Weiss; Caterina Guzmán-Verri; Carlos Chacón-Díaz; Alexandra Rucavado; Ignacio Moriyón; Edgardo Moreno

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000631

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Brucella abortus Uses a Stealthy Strategy to Avoid Activation of the Innate Immune System during the Onset of Infection

Elías Barquero-Calvo,

Affiliation Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Esteban Chaves-Olarte,

Affiliations Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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David S. Weiss,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Caterina Guzmán-Verri,

Affiliation Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Carlos Chacón-Díaz,

Affiliations Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Alexandra Rucavado,

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Ignacio Moriyón,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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Edgardo Moreno

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: emoreno@medvet.una.ac.cr

Affiliation Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Brucella abortus Uses a Stealthy Strategy to Avoid Activation of the Innate Immune System during the Onset of Infection

Elías Barquero-Calvo,
Esteban Chaves-Olarte,
David S. Weiss,
Caterina Guzmán-Verri,
Carlos Chacón-Díaz,
Alexandra Rucavado,
Ignacio Moriyón,
Edgardo Moreno

Published: July 18, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000631

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