Type III Secretion Is Essential for the Rapidly Fatal Diarrheal Disease Caused by Non-O1, Non-O139 <named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio cholerae</named-content>

ABSTRACT Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease typically caused by O1 serogroup strains of Vibrio cholerae. The pathogenicity of all pandemic V. cholerae O1 strains relies on two critical virulence factors: cholera toxin, a potent enterotoxin, and toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), an intestinal coloniz...

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Main Authors: Ok S. Shin, Vincent C. Tam, Masato Suzuki, Jennifer M. Ritchie, Roderick T. Bronson, Matthew K. Waldor, John J. Mekalanos
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/311610f69841493e84bd7a575c310136
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