Shigella flexneri infection in Caenorhabditis elegans: cytopathological examination and identification of host responses.

Shigella flexneri infection in Caenorhabditis elegans: cytopathological examination and identification of host responses.

The Gram-negative bacterium Shigella flexneri is the causative agent of shigellosis, a diarrhoeal disease also known as bacillary dysentery. S. flexneri infects the colonic and rectal epithelia of its primate host and induces a cascade of inflammatory responses that culminates in the destruction of...

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Main Authors: Divya T George, Carolyn A Behm, David H Hall, Ulrike Mathesius, Melanie Rug, Ken C Q Nguyen, Naresh K Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154869?pdf=render

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