Meningococcal virulence in zebrafish embryos depends on capsule polysaccharide structure
Neisseria meningitidis or the meningococcus, can cause devasting diseases such as sepsis and meningitis. Its polysaccharide capsule, on which serogrouping is based, is the most important virulence factor. Non-encapsulated meningococci only rarely cause disease, due to their sensitivity to the host c...
Main Authors: | Kim Schipper, Lisanne C. Preusting, Nina M. van Sorge, Yvonne Pannekoek, Arie van der Ende |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1020201/full |
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