Prebiotic Driven Increases in IL-17A Do Not Prevent Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Chickens

Worldwide Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne disease. Contamination of chicken meat with digesta from C. jejuni-positive birds during slaughter and processing is a key route of transmission to humans through the food chain. Colonization of chickens with C. jejuni elicits host innat...

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Main Authors: Geraldine M. Flaujac Lafontaine, Philip J. Richards, Phillippa L. Connerton, Peter M. O’Kane, Nacheervan M. Ghaffar, Nicola J. Cummings, Neville M. Fish, Ian F. Connerton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03030/full