Rickettsia typhi Possesses Phospholipase A₂ Enzymes that Are Involved in Infection of Host Cells

• M. Sayeedur Rahman ,

  * E-mail: mrahm001@umaryland.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Joseph J. Gillespie,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Simran Jeet Kaur,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Khandra T. Sears,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Shane M. Ceraul,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Magda Beier-Sexton,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Abdu F. Azad

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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