Toll-like receptor 4 limits transmission of Bordetella bronchiseptica.

Transmission of pathogens has been notoriously difficult to study under laboratory conditions leaving knowledge gaps regarding how bacterial factors and host immune components affect the spread of infections between hosts. We describe the development of a mouse model of transmission of a natural pat...

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Main Authors: Olivier Rolin, Will Smallridge, Michael Henry, Laura Goodfield, David Place, Eric T Harvill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907416?pdf=render