| host and bacterial factors control susceptibility of drosophila melanogaster to coxiella burnetii infection. | coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of q fever, a zoonotic disease that threatens both human and animal health. due to the paucity of experimental animal models, little is known about how host factors interface with bacterial components and affect pathogenesis. here, we used drosophila melanogaster, in conjunction with the biosafety level 2 (bsl2) nine mile phase ii (nmii) clone 4 strain of c. burnetii, as a model to investigate host and bacterial components implicated in infection. we demo ... | 2017 | 28438980 |