Plasticity and maintenance of the virulence plasmid in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei
<p>Shigella is the major cause of human bacillary dysentery worldwide. Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei account for >90% of shigellosis globally, and evolved from commensal Escherichia coli following acquisition of a large plasmid, pINV. This plasmid is essential for virulence as it ha...
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2020
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