Innate immunity restricts Citrobacter rodentium A/E pathogenesis initiation to an early window of opportunity.

Innate immunity restricts Citrobacter rodentium A/E pathogenesis initiation to an early window of opportunity.

Citrobacter rodentium infection is a mouse model for the important human diarrheal infection caused by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). The pathogenesis of both species is very similar and depends on their unique ability to form intimately epithelium-adherent microcolonies, also known as "attac...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Buschor, Miguelangel Cuenca, Stephanie S Uster, Olivier P Schären, Maria L Balmer, Miguel A Terrazos, Christian M Schürch, Siegfried Hapfelmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006476

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006476

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