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Actinobacillus
actinomycetemcomitans
Virulence Factors of A. a.
FACTOR
ACTION
Several
Inhibit fibroblasts
endothelial cells
&
epithelial cell activities
Unknown
Tissue invasion
Several factors
inhibit fibroblasts,
endothelial cells,
and epithelial cell
activities.
A.a. is also one of
a small number of
organisms that
has been shown
to invade the
periodontal
tissues using an
unknown factor.
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