MicrobiologybioRxiv
Interferon receptor-deficient mice are susceptible to eschar-associated rickettsiosis.
T. P. Burke, P. Engstrom, C. J. Tran…·M. D. Welch
This study shows that interferon receptor-deficient mice develop eschars and lethal disease upon Rickettsia parkeri infection, mimicking human rickettsiosis, and identifies vaccine candidates.
DOI 10.7554/elife.67029