Virulence and immunogenicity of genetically defined human and porcine isolates of M. avium subsp. hominissuis in an experimental mouse infection

• Nicolas Bruffaerts ,

  * E-mail: nicolas.bruffaerts@wiv-isp.be (NB); kris.huygen@wiv-isp.be (KH)

  Current address: Service Mycology & Aerobiology, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

  Affiliation Service Immunology, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6310-9140

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• Christelle Vluggen,

  Affiliation Service Bacterial diseases, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

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• Virginie Roupie,

  Affiliation Unit Bacterial Zoonoses of livestock, Operational Direction Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium

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• Lucille Duytschaever,

  Affiliations Unit Bacterial Zoonoses of livestock, Operational Direction Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium, Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Université of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Christophe Van den Poel,

  Affiliation Service Immunology, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

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• Joseph Denoël,

  Affiliation Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Université of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Ruddy Wattiez,

  Affiliation Service Protéomique et Microbiologie, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium

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• Jean-Jacques Letesson,

  Affiliation Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium

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• David Fretin,

  Affiliation Unit Bacterial Zoonoses of livestock, Operational Direction Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium

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• Leen Rigouts,

  Affiliations Department Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Unit Mycobacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Ophélie Chapeira,

  Affiliation Service bioinformatique, Genoscreen, Lille, France

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• Vanessa Mathys,

  Affiliation Service Bacterial diseases, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

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• Claude Saegerman,

  Affiliation Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Université of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Kris Huygen

  * E-mail: nicolas.bruffaerts@wiv-isp.be (NB); kris.huygen@wiv-isp.be (KH)

  Affiliation Service Immunology, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

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