<named-content content-type="genus-species">Neisseria gonorrhoeae</named-content> Elicits Extracellular Traps in Primary Neutrophil Culture While Suppressing the Oxidative Burst

ABSTRACT  Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) causes gonorrhea and is uniquely adapted to survive within the human reproductive tract. Gonococci evade host immune surveillance in part by varying their pili and opacity-associated proteins. These variable surface antigens influence interactions wit...

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Main Authors: Carl W. Gunderson, H. Steven Seifert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ab9e1634eef942dfac5a3cf2c2f1ec34
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