The Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle
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1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA 2 Coxiella Pathogenesis Section Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA 3 Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College, London, UK *Correspondence: [email protected]
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