In vitro adhesion and invasion inhibition of <it>Shigella dysenteriae</it>, <it>Shigella flexneri </it>and <it>Shigella sonnei </it>clinical strains by human milk proteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Shigella </it>is the etiological agent of shigellosis, a disease responsible for more than 500,000 deaths of children per year, in developing countries. These pathogens colonize the intestinal colon, invade, spreading...

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Main Authors: Giugliano Loreny, Lima Renato de, Willer Emerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/4/18