Coxiella burnetii Induces Apoptosis during Early Stage Infection via a Caspase-Independent Pathway in Human Monocytic THP-1 Cells

• Yan Zhang,

  Affiliations Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A & M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Guoquan Zhang ,

  * E-mail: jsamuel@medicine.tamhsc.edu (JS); zhangguo@missouri.edu (GZ)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Laura R. Hendrix,

  Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A & M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

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• Vernon L. Tesh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A & M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

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• James E. Samuel

  * E-mail: jsamuel@medicine.tamhsc.edu (JS); zhangguo@missouri.edu (GZ)

  Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A & M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

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