Evidence suggests that Coxiella burnetii , which is shed in the milk, urine, feces, and birth products of infected domestic ruminants, can lead to Q fever disease following consumption of unpast
1infected mice/total exposed. Mice were infected significantly better by wild-type MuHV-4 than by either the gL−DEL or gL−STOP mutants at 10 p.f.u./mouse (p<0.02 by Fisher's exact test) and 1 p.f.u./m
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes active tuberculosis in only a small percentage of infected persons. In most cases, the infection is clinically latent, although immunosuppression can cause reactivati
Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic necrotizing human skin disease associated with the production of the cytotoxic macrolide exotoxin mycolactone. Despite