Hijacked supplies for pathogens: Legionnaire's disease bacteria tap into the material transport in immune cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it infects the lungs, the Legionnaire`s bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes acute pneumonia. The pathogen`s modus operandi is particularly ingenious: it infiltrates deliberately into cells of the human immune system and injects a host of proteins which then interfere in the normal cellular processes.

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