The OmpA-like protein Loa22 is essential for leptospiral virulence.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on July 01, 2007

Authors

Paula Ristow1, Pascale Bourhy, Flávia Weykamp da Cruz McBride, Claudio Pereira Figueira, Michel Huerre, Patrick Ave, Isabelle Saint Girons, Albert I Ko, Mathieu Picardeau

Author Affiliations

1: Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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