Critical role of bacterial dissemination in an infant rabbit model of bacillary dysentery
The bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery (bloody diarrhoea). Here, Yum et al. present an infant rabbit model of S. flexneri infection that recapitulates human disease symptoms and features bacterial dissemination as an essential determinant of pathogenesis.
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| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c499ad32f62d4286a31b88f1da55b0bd |
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