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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Microbiol. 2009 Aug;4:743–758. doi: 10.2217/fmb.09.41

Figure 2. Virulence factors utilized by ancestral (Bartonella bacilliformis) and modern Bartonella species (Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana) to parasitize human erythrocytes and endothelial cells.

Figure 2

A summary of the depicted determinants and their occurrence in pathogenic Bartonella are provided in Table 1.

Bep: Bartonella effector protein; TAA: Trimeric autotransporter adhesin.