Differential contribution of Bacillus anthracis toxins to pathogenicity in two animal models.

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Published in Infect Immun on May 14, 2012

Authors

Haim Levy1, Shay Weiss, Zeev Altboum, Josef Schlomovitz, Itai Glinert, Assa Sittner, Avigdor Shafferman, David Kobiler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel. haiml@iibr.gov.il

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