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Rickettsia felis, a cat-flea-borne pathogen, sheds light on Rickettsial evolution

VBI researchers in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have created a new classification system for rickettsia bacteria that may assist researchers in the way they approach the development of diagnostics and vaccines for the virulent rickettsial pathogens. The work has been carried out as part of the PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) project which is led by Dr. Bruno Sobral and Dr. Joгo Setubal from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute.

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