Age-Dependent Susceptibility to Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) Infection in Mice.

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) represents a major causative agent of infant diarrhea associated with significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Although studied extensively in vitro, the investigation of the host-pathogen interaction in vivo has been hampered by the lack...

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Main Authors: Aline Dupont, Felix Sommer, Kaiyi Zhang, Urska Repnik, Marijana Basic, André Bleich, Mark Kühnel, Fredrik Bäckhed, Yael Litvak, Marcus Fulde, Ilan Rosenshine, Mathias W Hornef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005616